From frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU  Fri Dec  1 01:39:26 2006
From: frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU (Francoise Rosset)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:39:26 -0500
Subject: Russian short stories dealing with the theme of war
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:04:13 -0500
  Sally Ann Rogers <sally-ann-rogers at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>>I'm interested in Russian short stories or novellas dealing with the 
>>theme of war. Some of the ones I'm already aware of include those by 
>>Tolstoy, Garshin, Babel'. I was just wondering if anyone had other 
>>suggestions. I'd much appreciate any tips. Thanks!

In case you're branching out by genre and nationality, these two are
about kids and war.
Among the films, there's Tarkovsky's classic "Ivanovo Detstvo,"
which I believe was an original screenplay, not a story.
Elem Klimov's "Idi i smotri," on the other hand, was based on a story 
or
stories about Belarus during the war. The writer, Ales Adamovich, is
Belarusian.
-FR

Francoise Rosset
Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
Office: (508) 285-3696
FAX:   (508) 286-3640

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From oprokop at TEMPLE.EDU  Fri Dec  1 01:27:16 2006
From: oprokop at TEMPLE.EDU (Olia Prokopenko)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:27:16 -0500
Subject: Russian short stories dealing with the theme of war
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You will find TONS of stories about war in Russian/Soviet
literature. I would recommend Vikor Nekrasov, V okopakh
Stalingrada. Iurii Bondarev wrote quite a lot about war. There
are good stories by Mikhail Sholokhov... 
Olia Prokopenko

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>Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian short stories dealing with the
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>I'm interested in Russian short stories or novellas dealing
with the theme 
>of war. Some of the ones I'm already aware of include those
by Tolstoy, 
>Garshin, Babel'. I was just wondering if anyone had other
suggestions. I'd 
>much appreciate any tips. Thanks!
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From brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU  Fri Dec  1 03:17:19 2006
From: brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:17:19 -0500
Subject: Russian short stories dealing with the theme of war
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Certainly Babel's Konarmia (Red Cavalry) is an excellent choice, with very vivid descriptions of life in the Red Army during the Civil War and invasion of Poland.

BR

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From lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA  Fri Dec  1 03:18:09 2006
From: lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA (Lily Alexander)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:18:09 -0500
Subject: Russian short stories dealing with the theme of war
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Vasil Bykov, of course.

Francoise Rosset wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:04:13 -0500
>  Sally Ann Rogers <sally-ann-rogers at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>>> I'm interested in Russian short stories or novellas dealing with the 
>>> theme of war. Some of the ones I'm already aware of include those by 
>>> Tolstoy, Garshin, Babel'. I was just wondering if anyone had other 
>>> suggestions. I'd much appreciate any tips. Thanks!
>>
>
> In case you're branching out by genre and nationality, these two are
> about kids and war.
> Among the films, there's Tarkovsky's classic "Ivanovo Detstvo,"
> which I believe was an original screenplay, not a story.
> Elem Klimov's "Idi i smotri," on the other hand, was based on a story or
> stories about Belarus during the war. The writer, Ales Adamovich, is
> Belarusian.
> -FR
>
> Francoise Rosset
> Russian and Russian Studies
> Coordinator, German and Russian
> Wheaton College
> Norton, Massachusetts 02766
> Office: (508) 285-3696
> FAX:   (508) 286-3640
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From lino59 at AMERITECH.NET  Fri Dec  1 04:48:30 2006
From: lino59 at AMERITECH.NET (Deborah Hoffman)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:48:30 -0800
Subject: Violence and intimacy amongst thieves and bandits
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For a  more sympathetic portrait than one usually gets of the vory v zakone, see Blatnoi:roman by Mikhail Demin. Though sometimes libraries class it as fiction (presumably because of the subtitle), it's autobiographical memoirs by someone who fell in with them as a storyteller (if memory serves) and was able to use the information he obtained about their customs to survive in prison. Translated into English as The Day Is Born of Darkness with author's name sometimes given as Dyomin.

   
  

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>I would greatly appreciate your assistance in finding Russian literary works
>that deal with issues concerning violence and intimacy amongst "vory v
>zakone" or other criminal groupings, in or out of prison. 
>Thank you kindly in advance.
>
>Sandra Evans
>Slavic Seminar
>Universitaet Tuebingen
>sandra.evans at uni-tuebingen.de
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From wolsen at GOLDENTIGERS.ORG  Fri Dec  1 12:59:43 2006
From: wolsen at GOLDENTIGERS.ORG (Olsen, William)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 06:59:43 -0600
Subject: Teaching Position Posting: Russian Language at Noble Street
 College Prep
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Noble Street College Prep (www.goldentigers.org), a rigorous public high
school in Chicago, seeks a relentless, knowledgeable, and caring teacher
of Russian language for high school seniors. This full-time position
begins in January. Please email Rocio Garcia at rgarcia at goldentigers.org
with resume and cover letter.

Featured in the ACTR newsletter and Chicago Tribune, Noble Street
College Prep's Russian program is a recipient of two Oppenheimer Teacher
Incentive grants. It is based on a rigorous curriculum with the goal to
prepare students for college. The students are expected to learn basic
Russian conversation, develop deep understanding of the Russian history,
master new Cyrillic orthography, and acquire appreciation for other
cultures and languages. Students' interest and motivation is promoted by
monthly Russian club activities which provide opportunities to
participate in various Slavic events in Chicago. In addition, two
educational tours to Moscow and St. Petersburg have been led during the
summers of 2004 and 2006. These trips deepened students' knowledge and
love for Russia and the Russian Language. At the end of the school year,
an annual ceremony, "The Last Bell", is staged in the theater. It is a
traditional Russian celebration during which the underclassmen bid
farewell to the graduating seniors. During this event the entire junior
and senior classes showcase their knowledge of the Russian language and
culture acquired during their foreign language studies.

Bill Olsen
Principal
Noble Street Charter High School
1010 N Noble
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 862-1449 ext. 201
wolsen at goldentigers.org


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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Lily Alexander
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:18 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian short stories dealing with the theme of
war

Vasil Bykov, of course.

Francoise Rosset wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:04:13 -0500
>  Sally Ann Rogers <sally-ann-rogers at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>>> I'm interested in Russian short stories or novellas dealing with the

>>> theme of war. Some of the ones I'm already aware of include those by

>>> Tolstoy, Garshin, Babel'. I was just wondering if anyone had other 
>>> suggestions. I'd much appreciate any tips. Thanks!
>>
>
> In case you're branching out by genre and nationality, these two are
> about kids and war.
> Among the films, there's Tarkovsky's classic "Ivanovo Detstvo,"
> which I believe was an original screenplay, not a story.
> Elem Klimov's "Idi i smotri," on the other hand, was based on a story
or
> stories about Belarus during the war. The writer, Ales Adamovich, is
> Belarusian.
> -FR
>
> Francoise Rosset
> Russian and Russian Studies
> Coordinator, German and Russian
> Wheaton College
> Norton, Massachusetts 02766
> Office: (508) 285-3696
> FAX:   (508) 286-3640
>
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From flath at DUKE.EDU  Fri Dec  1 13:47:02 2006
From: flath at DUKE.EDU (Carol Flath)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:47:02 -0500
Subject: Columbia U: Lecturer in Russian Language
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On Nov 28, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Cathy Popkin wrote:

> COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES
> LECTURER IN RUSSIAN
>
> Full-time Lecturer in Russian Language.  Must have native/near native
> proficiency in both English and Russian and experience teaching  
> Russian to
> Americans at various levels.  Ability to teach a second Slavic  
> language a
> plus.  Candidates should also hold the M.A. degree or higher.   
> Interviews
> at the AATSEEL Convention in Philadelphia.  Send c.v. and three  
> letters of
> recommendation to Cathy Popkin, Chair, Department of Slavic  
> Languages, 708
> Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, 1130 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail  
> Code 2839,
> New York, NY 10027.  Screening to begin immediately; search will  
> remain
> open for at least 30 days from the date of posting and until the  
> position
> is filled.  Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal  
> Opportunity
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From lzaharkov at WITTENBERG.EDU  Fri Dec  1 14:57:35 2006
From: lzaharkov at WITTENBERG.EDU (Lila W. Zaharkov)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:57:35 -0500
Subject: Russian short stories dealing with the theme of war
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At 04:04 PM 11/30/2006, you wrote:

There's a whole series of stories by Andrei Platonov-one dealing with 
battle for Stalingrad.



>I'm interested in Russian short stories or novellas dealing with the them
>e
>of war. Some of the ones I'm already aware of include those by Tolstoy,
>
>Garshin, Babel'. I was just wondering if anyone had other suggestions. I'
>d
>much appreciate any tips. Thanks!
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From vanya1v at YAHOO.COM  Fri Dec  1 14:58:17 2006
From: vanya1v at YAHOO.COM (J.W.)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:58:17 -0500
Subject: Russian short stories dealing with the theme of war
Message-ID: <FRI.1.DEC.2006.095817.0500.>

Ottawa (Canada), Friday 1/12/06 9h55 EST

I would recommend three stories by Mikhail Sadovsky: "Damian's violin",
"The Bayonet" and "Vacek", all published in "Stepping into the blue...
and other stories" (San Marcos, USA: Roberts Publishing, 2004).  More
info at:
http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/robertspublishing/toc.html

(Mr) John Woodsworth
Certified Translator (Russian-English)
Website: http://www.kanadacha.ca
E-mail: jw at kanadacha.ca / vanya1v at yahoo.com

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From Marshall at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Fri Dec  1 15:21:47 2006
From: Marshall at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Camelot Marshall)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:21:47 -0500
Subject: MAPRYAL 2007
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Dear Colleagues,

The 11th Congress of MAPRYAL will take place on September 21-25, 2007
in Varna, Bulgaria.  Detailed information on the event and the
application form can be found online at
http://www.mapryal.org/congressXI/ 

ACTR members are invited to join the official US delegation to the
MAPRIAL Congress.  Abstracts and titles of papers for those interested
in presenting at the Congress should be submitted to ACTR by December
22, 2006.  
ACTR hopes to be able to assist US presenters with travel expenses in
2007.

Please send your abstracts to:

Sofia Kasmeridi
Re: MAPRYAL Congress 2007 
ACTR
1776 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036

Fax: 202-822-1689
e-mail: ceo at actr.org 

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From gianpaolo.gandolfo at FASTWEBNET.IT  Fri Dec  1 17:45:33 2006
From: gianpaolo.gandolfo at FASTWEBNET.IT (Giampaolo Gandolfo)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:45:33 +0100
Subject: a poem by Majakovskij
Message-ID: <FRI.1.DEC.2006.184533.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

    I am temporarily away from all libraries, and in need to read the full text of Vladimir Majakovskij's poem Несколько слов обо мне самомy  that starts with the famous line: Я люблю смотреть как умирают дети.
Can any seelanger send me the text, or give me a web address where I can get it ?(so far i haven't found any)
    Ogromnoe spasibo za pomoshch!
                    Giampaolo Gandolfo

                        

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From caron.4 at OSU.EDU  Fri Dec  1 17:51:58 2006
From: caron.4 at OSU.EDU (Inna Caron)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:51:58 -0500
Subject: a poem by Majakovskij
In-Reply-To: <002b01c71570$801af800$0302a8c0@portatile>
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Here, the complete text of the poem "Neskol'ko slov o sebe samom (no
"u"):

http://lisenok.livejournal.com/334753.html

Inna Caron
Ph.D Candidate, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Graduate Senator (College of Humanities)
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-6733
caron.4 at osu.edu

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Giampaolo Gandolfo
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:46 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] a poem by Majakovskij

    I am temporarily away from all libraries, and in need to read the
full text of Vladimir Majakovskij's poem Несколько слов обо мне самомy
that starts with the famous line: Я люблю смотреть как умирают дети.
Can any seelanger send me the text, or give me a web address where I can
get it ?(so far i haven't found any)
    Ogromnoe spasibo za pomoshch!
                    Giampaolo Gandolfo

                        

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From caron.4 at OSU.EDU  Fri Dec  1 17:54:34 2006
From: caron.4 at OSU.EDU (Inna Caron)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:54:34 -0500
Subject: a poem by Majakovskij - correction
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Sorry, "obo mne samom."

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Inna Caron
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:52 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] a poem by Majakovskij

Here, the complete text of the poem "Neskol'ko slov o sebe samom (no
"u"):

http://lisenok.livejournal.com/334753.html

Inna Caron
Ph.D Candidate, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Graduate Senator (College of Humanities)
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-6733
caron.4 at osu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Giampaolo Gandolfo
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:46 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] a poem by Majakovskij

    I am temporarily away from all libraries, and in need to read the
full text of Vladimir Majakovskij's poem Несколько слов обо мне самомy
that starts with the famous line: Я люблю смотреть как умирают дети.
Can any seelanger send me the text, or give me a web address where I can
get it ?(so far i haven't found any)
    Ogromnoe spasibo za pomoshch!
                    Giampaolo Gandolfo

                        

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From ttasovac at PRINCETON.EDU  Fri Dec  1 17:58:27 2006
From: ttasovac at PRINCETON.EDU (Toma Tasovac)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:58:27 +0100
Subject: a poem by Majakovskij
In-Reply-To: <002b01c71570$801af800$0302a8c0@portatile>
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http://www.silverage.ru/poets/maiak_poet.html#st10

All best,
Toma

On Dec 1, 2006, at 6:45 PM, Giampaolo Gandolfo wrote:

>     I am temporarily away from all libraries, and in need to read  
> the full text of Vladimir Majakovskij's poem Несколько  
> слов обо мне самомy  that starts with the famous  
> line: Я люблю смотреть как умирают дети.
> Can any seelanger send me the text, or give me a web address where  
> I can get it ?(so far i haven't found any)
>     Ogromnoe spasibo za pomoshch!
>                     Giampaolo Gandolfo
>
>
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From mag at EARTHLING.NET  Fri Dec  1 17:54:18 2006
From: mag at EARTHLING.NET (Maggie Gruszczynska)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:54:18 -0500
Subject: a poem by Majakovskij
Message-ID: <FRI.1.DEC.2006.125418.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Please, try this link.(should take you to the poem directly)
http://www.litera.ru/stixiya/razval/mayakovskij.html#ya-lyublyu-smotret

If is does not work try this one:
http://www.litera.ru/stixiya/razval/mayakovskij.html

Maggie G.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Giampaolo Gandolfo" <gianpaolo.gandolfo at FASTWEBNET.IT>
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] a poem by Majakovskij
> Date:         Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:45:33 +0100
> 
> 
>      I am temporarily away from all libraries, and in need to read 
> the full text of Vladimir Majakovskij's poem Несколько 
> слов обо мне самомy  that starts with the famous 
> line: Я люблю смотреть как умирают дети.
> Can any seelanger send me the text, or give me a web address where 
> I can get it ?(so far i haven't found any)
>      Ogromnoe spasibo za pomoshch!
>                      Giampaolo Gandolfo
> 
> 
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From driagina at PSU.EDU  Fri Dec  1 18:06:39 2006
From: driagina at PSU.EDU (Viktoria Driagina)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:06:39 -0500
Subject: a poem by Majakovskij
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And more poems by Majakovskij online:


http://www.lib.ru/POEZIQ/MAYAKOWSKIJ


On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:45:33 +0100  Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list               wrote:




    I am temporarily away from all libraries, and in need to read the full text
of Vladimir Majakovskij's poem Несколько слов обо мне
самомy  that starts with the famous line: Я люблю смотреть
как умирают дети.
Can any seelanger send me the text, or give me a web address where I can get it
?(so far i haven't found any)
    Ogromnoe spasibo za pomoshch!
                    Giampaolo Gandolfo

                        

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From cmartin at UMD.EDU  Sat Dec  2 12:39:22 2006
From: cmartin at UMD.EDU (Cynthia Martin)
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 07:39:22 -0500
Subject: Lecturer Position: University of Maryland, College Park
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University of Maryland, College Park, seeks full-time Russian language 
instructor beginning in Fall 07, contingent upon final administrative approval.  
Part-time positions may also be available.  An MA is required.  
Duties would involve teaching all levels of Russian language, and depending on 
qualifications/interest, courses on Russian literature or culture.  
Interested applicants should send a resume via email to:  cmartin at umd.edu
Dr. C. Martin, Russian Program Coordinator. University of Maryland, College Park.

Interviews will be conducted at AATSEEL in Philadelphia and/or on campus in College Park.

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From dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU  Sun Dec  3 04:10:56 2006
From: dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU (Edward M Dumanis)
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:10:56 -0500
Subject: a question regarding an old Russian (or Polish) word
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I hope somebody might know what MORGOVNIK meant in Russian part of Poland
in 1891. It is clear from the context of the church record that this word
was related either to profession or to the citizen's status. Does anyone
know more specifically what the actual meaning was? 

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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From dotoiu at ULB.AC.BE  Sun Dec  3 16:56:14 2006
From: dotoiu at ULB.AC.BE (Damiana-Gabriela Otoiu)
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:56:14 +0100
Subject: CfP: Workshop, Private property,
 NEC (Institute for Advanced Studies), Bucharest, June 15-16, 2007
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Call for Papers
Workshop: ‘Private Property: Postsocialist Promises and Experiences’

New Europe College (Institute for Advanced Studies, Bucharest (Romania)
June 15-16, 2007

Convenors: Stefan Dorondel, Damiana Otoiu, Thomas Sikor

Background
The re-institution of private property rights was one of the most immediate concerns of the governments after the breakdown of socialist regimes. Throughout Central and Eastern Europe, the newly elected governments started to device policies and strategies to hand over valuable resources into private hands. Whatever kinds of resources and sorts of public enterprise we can imagine, the restoration of private property was universally seen as a central element in the way forward. Governments and citizens expected private property to become not only an engine for economic, political and social progress in the move away from socialism but also a foundation for the creation of a market economy and liberal democracy. 

International donors and western advisors concurred with this view as the primacy given to private property in Central and Eastern Europe matched the main tenets of neoliberalism. According to neoliberal thought, private property is necessary because it is the only way to create sufficient incentives for productive activity. It is also the most efficient way to organize property relations on resources because it unleashes the creative powers of individual activity hindered by other forms of property, such as state ownership or communal property. Consequently, the ‘golden rule’ for postsocialist policy-makers was that private property rights worked best to preserve natural resources, and that an enterprise in private ownership was most likely to succeed on the free market. This was the vantage point from which policy makers, international donors, and other property experts have looked at property in Central and Eastern Europe over the past sixteen years.
Nevertheless, this perspective has encountered a number of serious challenges over time. First, critics of neoliberal thinking have questioned the presumption of a linear ‘transition’ from socialism to capitalism. They pointed out the simplistic assumptions and evolutionary models underlying much of the ‘transitology’ written about postsocialist transformations. Their doubts resonate with critiques of evolutionary theories of property in other geographical settings. Neither postsocialist transformations nor property relations follow a unilinear, predictable transition toward exclusive private property. 

Second, insights from empirical research indicate that the restoration of private property did not take place in an institutional vacuum. Instead, postsocialist property relations develop upon principles, legal terms, and social practices known from socialism. As Katherine Verdery (2003) suggests, we should not see property restitution as a process of ‘(re)creating private property’ but as a ‘process of transforming socialist property’. Or, in the words of David Stark (1996), postsocialist organizations and institutions are not rebuilding ‘on the ruins but with the ruins of communism’. As a result, postsocialist property relations do not follow a singular model but display significant variation. 

Third, as Chris Hann has reminded us, property relations are also varied because of their embeddedness in broader social relations.  Property is constantly made, remade and unmade by actual practices as part of national, regional, and local trajectories of economic, social, political, and environmental change. Property is a critical element in economic practices of production and exchange, as it determines access to productive resources. Property relations are also an integral element of broader processes of social differentiation and class formation, as they determine the distribution of control over resources. In addition, property relations are closely related to processes affecting the nature of the state at national and local levels. They are, finally, a key factor affecting – and being affected by – the use of urban and rural landscapes.


Objectives
The workshop aims to facilitate a critical assessment of private property in Central and Eastern Europe. It seeks to compare the promises of private property with actual experiences as regards to the nature of postsocialist property relations, the factors influencing them, and their interrelations with economic growth, democracy, social equity, and environmental protection This comparison will yield maps of property politics, policies and practices in the region.

Questions
We invite contributions from anthropology, geography, political science, and sociology that address the following or related questions:
-	What is the nature of ‘private property’, and how do private and public intersect in postsocialist property regimes? 
-	What socio-political actors and factors demonstrate critical influence on postsocialist property regimes, at the policy level and on the ground?
-	How are postsocialist property relations linked with processes of social differentiation and class formation?
-	How have the development of property and consolidation of state authority influenced each other?
-	What are the linkages between property relations and changes in urban and rural landscapes?
-	What are the connections between property and economic performance? 

The workshop 
The workshop will take place at New Europe College, Bucharest on June 15-16, 2007. The workshop will include 15 participants, to be recruited by way of this call. Interested parties are requested to submit short paper proposals (500-1,000 words) to Stefan Dorondel (s.dorondel at agrar.hu-berlin.de) and Damiana Otoiu (dotoiu at ulb.ac.be) until January15th, 2007. 

The workshop will serve the intensive discussion of papers by peer discussants and in the group. Workshop languages will be both English and French. The workshop will also include several keynote speakers to provide assessments of postsocialist property relations. These include:
-	Katherine Verdery, CUNY (to be confirmed)
- 	Beatrice von Hirschhausen, CNRS / CMB (to be confirmed)

The workshop is organized by the Junior Research Group on Postsocialist Land Relations at Humboldt University, Berlin, the Junior Research Group on Property Relations at Bucharest University, the Center for the Study of Political Life, Université Libre de Bruxelles and New Europe College. The Junior Research Group is a specialized research unit that examines issues of agrarian and environmental change in postsocialist countries, including field studies in Albania, Romania, and Vietnam. Junior Research Group on Property Relations is a centre for research organized within the Institute for Political Research (University of Bucharest) that examines the socialist and postsocialist regime of property in Central and Eastern Europe from a comparative perspective. New Europe College is an independent Romanian institute for advanced studies in the humanities and social sciences founded in 1994.

Expected publication
The papers of the workshop will form the basis for a special issue to be published with an international journal in English language. 

Important deadlines
January 15th, 2007: 
Submission of paper proposals (500-1,000 words) to S. Dorondel and D. Otoiu

February 15th, 2007:	
Invitation of papers to be presented at the workshop

May 31st, 2007: Submission of papers to workshop organizers

June 15th-16th, 2007: Workshop at New Europe College in Bucharest

http://www.property.fspub.ro/


Appel a communications 
Workshop : « Propriété privée: Promesses et expériences postsocialistes »

New Europe College (Institute for Advanced Studies, Bucarest (Roumanie)
Les 15-16 Juin 2007

Organisateurs: Stefan Dorondel, Damiana Otoiu, Thomas Sikor

Background
Reinstituer les droits de propriété après la chute des régimes socialistes a constitué une des préoccupations les plus immédiates des gouvernements d’Europe Centrale et Orientale. Dans l’ensemble des pays central-est européens, les gouvernants récemment élus ont commencé à imaginer des politiques publiques et des stratégies destinées à (re)privatiser les propriétés. Indifféremment du type de ressource et du type d’entreprise publique, la restauration de la propriété privée a été conçue comme un élément central de la transition post-socialiste. Gouvernements et citoyens s’attendaient à ce que la propriété privée devienne non seulement un moteur pour le développement économique, politique et social à l’époque postsocialiste, mais aussi un fondement qui permettrait la création d’une économie de marché et d’une démocratie libérale. 

Cette primauté accordée à la propriété privée est soutenue par les contributeurs internationaux et consultants étrangers, adeptes du néolibéralisme. Selon les néolibéraux, la propriété privée est nécessaire car elle constitue l’unique moyen qui permet de créer une motivation adéquate pour l’activité de production. Par conséquent, la “règle d’or” pour les décideurs qui vont élaborer des politiques publiques concernant la propriété est que la propriété privée est préférable non seulement si on veut préserver les ressources naturelles, mais aussi si on tient compte du fait qu’une entreprise privée serait plus susceptible d’avoir du succès dans une économie de marché. C’était la prémisse fondamentale des décideurs, des contributeurs internationaux, et des experts qui ont fait réfléchi sur la propriété en Europe Centrale et Orientale dans les dernières 16 années.
Néanmoins, cette perspective est graduellement confrontée avec de nombreux défis. Premièrement, les critiques du paradigme néolibéral ont mis en question l’idée d’une transition unilinéaire du socialisme au capitalisme. Ils ont souligné le caractère évolutionniste de ce modèle et les postulats simplificateurs sous-tendus par une bonne partie de la littérature « transitologique » consacrée à l’espace postsocialiste. Ni les transformations postsocialistes, ni les relations de propriété ne suivent une transition unilinéaire, prédictible, vers une propriété exclusivement privée. 
Deuxièmement, des analyses basées sur une recherche empirique constatent que la restauration de la propriété privée ne s’est aucunement passée dans un vide institutionnel. Tout au contraire, les relations de propriété à l’époque postsocialiste se développent en suivant des principes, des normes et des pratiques sociales de l’époque socialiste. Comme Katherine Verdery (2003) le remarque, nous ne devrions pas concevoir la restitution des propriétés comme un processus qui permet la « (re)création de la propriété privée, mais comme un processus de transformation de la propriété socialiste ». Ou, pour utiliser les propos de David Stark (1996), les organisations et les institutions postsocialistes ne sont pas recréées « sur les ruines mais avec les ruines du communisme ». Par conséquent, les relations de propriété ne suivent pas une voie unique, mais témoignent des variations significatives. 

Troisièmement, comme Chris Hann l’a remarqué, les relations de propriété sont variées aussi grâce à leur enchâssement dans des relations sociales. La propriété est constamment construite, reconstruite et déconstruite à travers des pratiques concrètes, comme une partie des trajectoires nationales, régionales et locales du changement économique, social, politique et environnemental. La propriété est un élément crucial des pratiques économiques de production et d’échange, vu qu’elle détermine l’accès à des ressources de production. En même temps, les relations de propriété constituent une partie intégrante des processus de différentiation sociale, dans la mesure où ces relations sont déterminantes pour la distribution du contrôle des ressources. De plus, les relations de propriété sont étroitement liées aux processus qui affectent la nature de l’Etat, au niveau national et local. Enfin, ces relations constituent un facteur clé qui détermine – et est déterminé par – l’usage des paysages urbains et ruraux.

Objectifs
Le colloque se propose de faciliter une évaluation critique de la propriété privée en Europe Centrale et Orientale. Le but est de comparer les “promesses” de la propriété privée et les expériences concrètes du point de vue de la nature des relations de propriété postsocialistes, des facteurs déterminants, des interrelations avec la croissance économique, la démocratie, la justice sociale et la protection de l’environnement. Ces analyses vont nous permettre de dresser un tableau comparatif de la politique, des politiques publiques et des pratiques concernant la propriété privée dans cette région.

Questions
Par le présent appel à contributions nous invitions des anthropologues, des géographes, des politistes, des sociologues qui se proposent d’approfondir une de ces problématiques :
-	Quelle est la nature de la propriété privée et quels sont les rapports entre le privé et le public (du point de vue des régimes postsocialistes de propriété) ? 
-	Quels sont les facteurs qui influencent considérablement les régimes postsocialistes de propriété? Comment différents acteurs socio-politiques (partis politiques, groupes d’intérêt) sont-ils impliqués dans l’élaboration des politiques publiques ?
-	Comment les relations de propriété sont liées aux processus de différenciation sociale?
-	Quel est le rapport entre le développement de la propriété et la consolidation de l’autorité étatique?
-	Quel est le lien entre les relations de propriété et les changements des paysages urbains et ruraux?
-	Quels sont les liens entre la propriété et l’efficience économique ? 

Le colloque 
Le colloque sera organisé à New Europe College, Bucarest, les 15-16 Juin 2007. Le colloque va inclure 15 participants. Les chercheurs qui en sont intéressés sont priés d’envoyer des propositions de communications (500-1.000 mots) à  l’attention de Stefan Dorondel, s.dorondel at agrar.hu-berlin.de et de Damiana Otoiu, dotoiu at ulb.ac.be avant le 15 Janvier 2007. 

Le colloque va donner aux participants l’occasion de discuter d’une manière soutenue leurs communications  avec d’autres spécialistes et au sein du groupe. Les langues de travail seront le français et l’anglais. Le colloque va inclure plusieurs présentations principales, qui vont fournir des évaluations synthétiques au sujet des relations de propriété à l’époque postsocialiste, dont : 
-	Katherine Verdery (CUNY), à confirmer
-	Béatrice Von Hirschhausen  (CNRS / CMB), à confirmer

Le colloque est organisé par Junior Research Group on Postsocialist Land Relations de l’Université  Humboldt, Berlin; par Junior Research Group on Property Relations, Faculté des Sciences Politiques, Université de Bucarest ; par le Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique, Université Libre de Bruxelles et par New Europe College (Institut d’Etudes Avancés), Bucarest. 

Publication escomptée
Le colloque sera prolongé par l’édition d’un numéro thématique d’une revue internationale (en Anglais).

Calendrier
Le 15 Janvier 2007:
Date limite d’envoi des résumés (500-1 000 mots) à l’attention de 
Stefan Dorondel, s.dorondel at agrar.hu-berlin.de, 
et de Damiana Otoiu, dotoiu at ulb.ac.be

Le 31 Janvier 2007:
Décision du comité scientifique et réponse aux auteurs

Le 31 Mai 2007:
Date limite d’envoi des textes aux organisateurs 

Les 15-16 Juin 2007:
Workshop, New Europe College, Bucarest

http://www.property.fspub.ro/

Damiana OTOIU
Faculty of Political Sciences,
Bucharest University
Address : 8, Spiru Haret Street
          010175, Bucharest, Romania
Tel : +40(21)3141268
Fax : +40(21)3133511
E-mail : damiana.otoiu at icp.ro

CEVIPOL - Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Institut de Sociologie
44, Avenue Jeanne
1050, Bruxelles
Tél: +32(0)26503454
     +32(0)486604730

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From siskron at SFSU.EDU  Sun Dec  3 20:27:25 2006
From: siskron at SFSU.EDU (Katerina Siskron)
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:27:25 -0800
Subject: checkhov and folklore
Message-ID: <SUN.3.DEC.2006.122725.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A colleague and I are working on an article on chekhov and we were wondering if
there is any material written on chekhov's use of folkloric elements in his
stories? Thanks. Katerina Siskron and Svetlana Kristal

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From cp18 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Sun Dec  3 21:04:48 2006
From: cp18 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Cathy Popkin)
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 16:04:48 -0500
Subject: Columbia U: Lecturer in Russian Language
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Carol, did you mean to include a message with this?
C

--On Friday, December 01, 2006 8:47 AM -0500 Carol Flath <flath at duke.edu> 
wrote:

> On Nov 28, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Cathy Popkin wrote:
>
>> COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES
>> LECTURER IN RUSSIAN
>>
>> Full-time Lecturer in Russian Language.  Must have native/near native
>> proficiency in both English and Russian and experience teaching
>> Russian to
>> Americans at various levels.  Ability to teach a second Slavic
>> language a
>> plus.  Candidates should also hold the M.A. degree or higher.
>> Interviews
>> at the AATSEEL Convention in Philadelphia.  Send c.v. and three
>> letters of
>> recommendation to Cathy Popkin, Chair, Department of Slavic
>> Languages, 708
>> Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, 1130 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail
>> Code 2839,
>> New York, NY 10027.  Screening to begin immediately; search will
>> remain
>> open for at least 30 days from the date of posting and until the
>> position
>> is filled.  Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal
>> Opportunity
>> Employer.  Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply.
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From lino59 at AMERITECH.NET  Mon Dec  4 13:57:35 2006
From: lino59 at AMERITECH.NET (Deborah Hoffman)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 05:57:35 -0800
Subject: Wed. 12/6 Politkovskaya evening (NYC)
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Forgive if this has been posted already - 
   
  There will be an evening of readings from Politkovskaya's work and a conversation about the war in Chechnya at Poshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th St. Natalia Estemirova will represent the "Memorial" Human Rights Center. Event co-sponsored by PEN American Center, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the Center for the Humanities at CUNY. Time 7-8:30 pm. For more details call 212-334-1660, x107
   

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From sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU  Mon Dec  4 15:26:26 2006
From: sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU (Sibelan E S Forrester)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:26:26 -0500
Subject: Folklore panels at AAASS, 2007
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Dear Colleagues,

The Slavic and East European Folklore Association (an affiliate of 
AAASS) is proposing the following panel topics for 2007 AAASS in New 
Orleans. If you are interested in participating, please send a short 
abstract and title, request for any a.v. equipment, and a c.v. on the 
AAASS c.v. form (available on the AAASS web site) by January 5, 2007 
to Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby, <jrouhie at uky.edu> and 
<kotiata at yahoo.com>. Please send your messages to both addresses, due 
to problems with the UK email system.

a) Issues in Slavic Ritual
b) Lore in the Slavic Diaspora
c) Issues in Oral Poetry
d) Ukrainian Folklore
e) Vernacular/Popular Religion and Demonology/Spiritual Verses

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From jwilson at ALINGA.COM  Mon Dec  4 15:31:08 2006
From: jwilson at ALINGA.COM (Josh Wilson)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:31:08 +0300
Subject: Vestnik: Call for Student Research
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Please distribute among your students: 

Vestnik, the Journal of Russian and Asian Studies, is now in its sixth call
for papers. 
 
SRAS welcomes and invites papers written by undergraduates, graduates, and
postgraduates.  Research on any subject is accepted - politics, literature,
art, history, linguistics, etc. If you have written solid research in the
last year, send it to jwilson at sras.org

Deadline for submissions for the next issue: Dec 20, 2006

Submitted papers should include, at the top of the first page, the
applicant’s name, major, class standing, and a brief description of his/her
future plans. Submissions should not be more than 25 pages, should be in
12-point TNR type with one-inch margins, and in electronic format (MS Word
or Corel). Since we are dealing with diverse subjects, we will accept MLA,
ALA and Chicago formats. 

To find past issues of Vestnik, see http://www.sras.org/news.phtml?m=269. 

Sincerely, 

Josh Wilson
Asst. Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor-in-Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
www.sras.org
jwilson at sras.org

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From rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU  Mon Dec  4 15:48:13 2006
From: rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU (Robert A. Rothstein)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:48:13 -0500
Subject: a question regarding an old Russian (or Polish) word
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10612022301260.10583-100000@hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu>
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Edward M Dumanis wrote:

>I hope somebody might know what MORGOVNIK meant in Russian part of Poland
>in 1891. It is clear from the context of the church record that this word
>was related either to profession or to the citizen's status. Does anyone
>know more specifically what the actual meaning was? 
>

In volume 4 (1962) of the Doroszewski _Slownik jezyka polskiego_,  
_morgownik_ is defined as "chlop malorolny odrabiajacy panszczyzne w 
wymiarze godzin zaleznym od posiadanego gruntu" (a peasant smallholder 
performing his corvée [unpaid labor] for a quantity of hours dependent 
on the size of his holdings). [Polish text with diacritics appended below.]
    The term is derived from _morga_ = approximately .56 hectares (5600 
square meters).

Bob Rothstein

*"chłop małorolny odrabiający pańszczyznę w wymiarze godzin zależnym od 
posiadanego gruntu"

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From marc at ADLERPACIFIC.COM  Mon Dec  4 15:52:59 2006
From: marc at ADLERPACIFIC.COM (Marc Adler)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:52:59 -0600
Subject: a question regarding an old Russian (or Polish) word
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10612022301260.10583-100000@hercules.acsu.buffalo.edu>
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Edward M Dumanis(e)k dio:

> in 1891. It is clear from the context of the church record that this word
> was related either to profession or to the citizen's status. Does anyone
> know more specifically what the actual meaning was? 

Can't help you with morgovnik, but I found this in Efremova:

Старая единица измерения земли в Польше и Литве, равная приблизительно 
0,5 га.

-- 
Marc Adler
marc at adlerpacific.com

Gauzak ez dira multzutu eta berretu
behar, mengoarik eta premiarik gabe.

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From cosmoschool2 at MAIL.RU  Mon Dec  4 17:49:10 2006
From: cosmoschool2 at MAIL.RU (Natasha Bodrova)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:49:10 +0300
Subject: International Summer Camp in SIBERIA
Message-ID: <MON.4.DEC.2006.204910.0300.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

The Educational Center "COSMOPOLITAN", located in Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia, Russia, is now accepting early-bird applications for participation in the "LINKING THE PLANET" International Summer Language Camp. Could you please inform your students and colleagues about the program that we offer and advise them to take advantage of an EARLY-BIRD application before January 1st:

The Summer Camp will be taking place in a picturesque area outside of the largest Siberian city of Novosibirsk, during the summer 2007 in four consecutive two-week sessions, with participation of local Russian children, youth and adults, as well as volunteer teachers and international students from around the globe. 

The program is a great chance for international participants to learn the Russian language and get a first-hand experience of the Russian culture. It provides the unique cultural opportunity of daily interaction with the Russian children, youth and the teaching staff. The RUSSIAN COURSE is organized for overseas students and volunteer teachers and includes language studies as well as learning about the Russian culture, history and society.

We are looking for native speakers of English, German, French, Spanish and other languages, who would like to participate in the Summer Camp as VOLUNTEER TEACHERS of their language or Volunteer Creativity Workshop Coordinators or VOLUNTEER CAMP COUNCELORS. No previous teaching experience is required. University students are eligible to apply as volunteer teachers/workshop coordinators/camp counselors. Teaching at the camp can be considered as an INTERNSHIP with all necessary paperwork and an on-site internship supervision provided. We are looking for people who are energetic, enthusiastic, open-minded, sociable, enjoy camp experiences, are willing to share their knowledge and culture. 

We also seek people worldwide (middle school through university STUDENTS, and ADULTS) to join the Summer Camp as international students of the Russian course and enjoy all the exciting activities scheduled within the program.

The major benefits to join our summer program are as follows:
1) You don't have to be a professional teacher in order to
volunteer for the program. The most important aspect is your willingness to
participate and share your knowledge and culture, as well as your enthusiasm
and good will. Teaching at the camp is not like an academic teaching routine, it's more like fun where emphasis is
made on communication. Our school will provide you with the daily topical schedule for the classes and will be happy to assist with lesson planning and teaching materials. University students are eligible to apply as volunteer teachers. You will gain valuable practical experience, proven ability and contacts that you can use to get a future job.  
2) This is a not-for-profit program. Volunteer teachers/workshop coordinators and international students pay for their living and meals expenses, international students' fee also includes intensive tuition in the Russian language and culture. (Teachers/workshop coordinators/camp counselors do not have to pay for the Russian course, it is provided by our school as a benefit for their volunteer teaching). Participation fee covers expenses on accommodation in a recreation center and ALL meals. If you come to Russia (Siberia) on your own or through a travel agency you will spend much more money compared to what you would pay to participate in our
program. Participating in our program you won't need much pocket
money, just maybe some to buy souvenirs and gifts to take back home.
All the local services (airport pick-up, local transportation, excursions)
are provided by our school without any additional payment.
3) Russian course is organized for ALL international participants of the program. Russian classes are taught by well-educated native
speakers trained to teach foreigners. You will be placed in a group
according to your level of Russian. No previous knowledge of Russian is
required. Peculiarity of our Russian courses for
international students consists in combination of intensive tuition and
extensive social and cultural programs, and this is what makes our Russian
studies programs different from the ones offered by other schools. In
addition to the in-class tuition our course also includes dynamic "live and
learn" intercultural conversational sessions which allow to gain language
practice in real life situatons. We also offer workshops related to the
Russian culture and traditions.
4) We organize an exciting cultural, social and excursion program for all 
international participants of the camp, which is a very enriching experience.
You will be involved in interaction with the Russian children, youth and
adults all the time. This is the kind of experience you will never get if
you go as a tourist.
5) You will gain a first-hand experience of the Russian culture and life
style and particularly the Siberian one. They say if you want to know what
real Russia is like you should go to Siberia.
6) If you are planning a trip to Russia and would like to consider our
program you should take into consideration that if you do go to Russia you
will need an invitation to receive the Russian visa in any case. All travel
agencies and tourist companies charge for an invitation. As far as our
program is concerned, you won't have to pay anything extra for the official
invitation form that you will need to get the Russian visa. We provide all our foreign participants with the
invitation and arrange their registration on arrival.
7) You will meet people from other countries who are going to participate in
this program and this is a very interesting experience. Many of our former
foreign participants keep in touch with each other after the program and
even visit each other in all the different countries.
8) We also offer excursion packages which include trips to Moscow, St.
Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lake Baikal, the Altai Mountains, TransSiberian Railroad, 'Welcome to
Siberia' program. All the details and tour descriptions are available at request.


* Have you always wanted to add some meaning to an overseas adventure?
* Do you want a new, challenging experience?

* Do you like to meet people from other countries and get your energy from working towards a goal as part of a team?

* Are you willing to gain experience, improve communication abilities, and develop skills that will help in your future employment?

* Have you ever daydreamed about gaining insight into the Russian culture and life in a way no traveler could?

 

If 'yes' is the answer, our program  is the best way for you to spend your summer vacation! For further details please email cosmopolitan at online.nsk.su  or cosmoschool2 at mail.ru 


Regards,

 

Natasha Bodrova,

 

Director of the Educational Center "Cosmopolitan",

 

Novosibirsk, Russia

 

cosmopolitan at online.nsk.su



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From manetti.christina at GMAIL.COM  Mon Dec  4 19:53:40 2006
From: manetti.christina at GMAIL.COM (=?windows-1252?Q?Christina_Manetti?=)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 14:53:40 -0500
Subject: Warsaw apartment for rent
Message-ID: <MON.4.DEC.2006.145340.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERS,

My apartment in Warsaw's Old Town is looking for occupants once again, 
ideally for at least the winter/spring semester 2006/7.

I'll spare you the details, since I've posted this announcement several 
times before, but if anyone is interested, photos and information can be 
found at www.piwna.com. I can be contacted at manetti at u.washington.edu.

Thanks and greetings from
Christina Manetti, in Bratislava

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From ptydepe at UMICH.EDU  Mon Dec  4 20:47:35 2006
From: ptydepe at UMICH.EDU (Jindrich Toman)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:47:35 -0500
Subject: a question regarding an old Russian (or Polish) word
In-Reply-To: <4574445B.8010107@adlerpacific.com>
Message-ID: <MON.4.DEC.2006.154735.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Will this help? J.T.


Morgen (Einheit)
aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie

Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche

Ein Morgen (Mg) ist ein altes Flächenmaß. Ursprünglich war es die Fläche,
die mit einem einscharigen Pferde- oder Ochsenpflug an einem Vormittag
pflügbar ist, daher auch „Joch“ oder „Jauchert“ genannt. Oft wurde der
Morgen als Rechteck mit Seiten einer geraden Anzahl lokaler Ruten
festgelegt, da beim Pflügen das Wenden möglichst vermieden werden soll.
Diese Größe liegt meist zwischen einem viertel und einem halben Hektar, aber
es waren auch Morgen jenseits 10.000 m©˜ in Gebrauch, besonders in den
Marschen. Im 20. Jahrhundert setzte sich der metrisierte Morgen des
Norddeutschen Bundes von 25 Ar durch (eingeführt 1869), der inzwischen aber
fast vollständig vom Hektar bzw. Quadratmeter und -kilometer abgelöst worden
ist. Die Einheit Acre (ca. 4.047 m©˜) ist im Angloamerikanischem Maßsystem
das Pendant zum Morgen.



On 4.12.2006 10:52, "Marc Adler" <marc at ADLERPACIFIC.COM> wrote:

> Edward M Dumanis(e)k dio:
> 
>> in 1891. It is clear from the context of the church record that this word
>> was related either to profession or to the citizen's status. Does anyone
>> know more specifically what the actual meaning was?
> 
> Can't help you with morgovnik, but I found this in Efremova:
> 
> Старая единица измерения земли в Польше и Литве, равная приблизительно
> 0,5 га.

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From marinab at STANFORD.EDU  Mon Dec  4 20:59:43 2006
From: marinab at STANFORD.EDU (Marina Brodskaya)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 12:59:43 -0800
Subject: a question regarding an old Russian (or Polish) word
In-Reply-To: <C199F397.83E2%ptydepe@umich.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.4.DEC.2006.125943.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

one who owns and farms a "morga of Land, a "morga of Land in Poland being
5,600 square meters.

hope this helps.

mb
>
> On 4.12.2006 10:52, "Marc Adler" <marc at ADLERPACIFIC.COM> wrote:
>
> > Edward M Dumanis(e)k dio:
> >
> >> in 1891. It is clear from the context of the church record that this
> word
> >> was related either to profession or to the citizen's status. Does
> anyone
> >> know more specifically what the actual meaning was?
> >
> > Can't help you with morgovnik, but I found this in Efremova:
> >
> > Старая единица измерения земли в
> Польше и Литве, равная приблизительно
> > 0,5 га.
>
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From dhristov at UCHICAGO.EDU  Tue Dec  5 06:02:24 2006
From: dhristov at UCHICAGO.EDU (Daniela S. Hristova)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 00:02:24 -0600
Subject: Novgorod in Focus at AAASS, 2007
In-Reply-To: <p06230909c199ee1745b0@[130.58.154.150]>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.000224.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

The purpose of this note is to draw your attention to an idea about 
organizing a couple of panels on the topic of *Medieval Novgorod* for 
the 2007 AAASS in New Orleans. Borrowing the title from the late H. 
Birnbaum's book on the subject, I tentatively call the panel(s) 
"Novgorod in Focus." The proposal is to have two or three panels that 
look at different aspects – linguistic, historical, political, social, 
cultural, etc. of this medieval society. If scheduled sequentially and 
possibly on the same day and at the same location, the panels will 
resemble a mini-conference on the subject, something many of you with 
whom I had shared the idea found stimulating.

If you are interested in participating, please send a title and a 
sentence or two description of your talk at your earliest convenience to 
Daniela S. Hristova, dhristov at uchicago.edu. In addition, I would 
appreciate any and all suggestions of scholars working on the subject 
that I might not be aware of or any other suggestions how to make the 
idea work better.

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From padunov+ at PITT.EDU  Tue Dec  5 13:29:38 2006
From: padunov+ at PITT.EDU (padunov)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 08:29:38 -0500
Subject: KINOKULTURA: Special issue on Bulgarian cinema
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.082938.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The fifth Special Issue of KinoKultura on Bulgarian cinema is guest edited
by Dina Iordanova (University of St. Andrews) and now available online:
http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/5/bulgarian.shtml

Articles:
Ron Holloway and Dina Iordanova: Hoping for a Bulgarian Film Revival
Bojidar Manov: Bulgarian Cinema Today: Seventeen Years of Transition
Velina Petrova: Monday 8½ , The Sequel: Who Owns Communist Cinematic
Production in Post-Communist Bulgaria?
Violetta Petrova: Migrating Minds and Bodies: The Transnational Subject and
the Cinematic Synecdoche of ‘Glocalisation’
Christina Stojanova: Ivan Nichev: The Storyteller

Reviews
Iskra Bozhinova: Lady Zee
Yana Hashamova: Stolen Eyes
Yana Hashamova: Monkeys in Winter
Gareth Jones: The Optimists
Gergana Doncheva: Georgi and the Butterflies
Gergana Doncheva: Whose is This Song?
Velina Petrova: Copy Me, I Want to Travel

_________________________________________
Vladimir Padunov
Associate Director, Film Studies Program
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1433 Cathedral of Learning          voice: 1-412-624-5713
University of Pittsburgh               FAX: 1-412-624-9714
Pittsburgh, PA 15260                        padunov at pitt.edu

Russian Film Symposium   http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu

KinoKultura                       http://www.kinokultura.com

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From lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA  Tue Dec  5 14:41:14 2006
From: lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA (Lily Alexander)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:41:14 -0500
Subject: A documentary about the disabled  WWII veterans
In-Reply-To: <LISTSERV%200612041453408900.1DBA@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.094114.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERS,


Has anybody seen or heard about a Russian documentary made in the late 1980s during glasnost about a sanitarium of WWII veterans, most of whom were severely damaged, for example, having no arms and legs at all, and who were separated from society not to upset others with their appearances and had to live on an island, I think one of Solovetzkie ostrova. The title may even refer to Solovetzkie ostrova.

It is not by Goldovskaya, but  similar in style. I saw it years ago, and now cannot find any reference to it or recall the title. 

Anybody has seem it?

Thank you,

Lily Alexander



Christina Manetti wrote:

>Dear SEELANGERS,
>
>My apartment in Warsaw's Old Town is looking for occupants once again, 
>ideally for at least the winter/spring semester 2006/7.
>
>I'll spare you the details, since I've posted this announcement several 
>times before, but if anyone is interested, photos and information can be 
>found at www.piwna.com. I can be contacted at manetti at u.washington.edu.
>
>Thanks and greetings from
>Christina Manetti, in Bratislava
>
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From annareid01 at BTINTERNET.COM  Tue Dec  5 16:24:47 2006
From: annareid01 at BTINTERNET.COM (Anna Reid)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 16:24:47 +0000
Subject: A documentary about the disabled  WWII veterans
In-Reply-To: <4575850A.7060202@utoronto.ca>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.162447.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers - I would very much like to know if you do find this. A lot of disabled veterans from Leningrad were moved to Valaam Island on Lake Ladoga; all info on the place gratefully accepted - Anna Reid.

Lily Alexander <lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA> wrote:  Dear SEELANGERS,


Has anybody seen or heard about a Russian documentary made in the late 1980s during glasnost about a sanitarium of WWII veterans, most of whom were severely damaged, for example, having no arms and legs at all, and who were separated from society not to upset others with their appearances and had to live on an island, I think one of Solovetzkie ostrova. The title may even refer to Solovetzkie ostrova.

It is not by Goldovskaya, but similar in style. I saw it years ago, and now cannot find any reference to it or recall the title. 

Anybody has seem it?

Thank you,

Lily Alexander



Christina Manetti wrote:

>Dear SEELANGERS,
>
>My apartment in Warsaw's Old Town is looking for occupants once again, 
>ideally for at least the winter/spring semester 2006/7.
>
>I'll spare you the details, since I've posted this announcement several 
>times before, but if anyone is interested, photos and information can be 
>found at www.piwna.com. I can be contacted at manetti at u.washington.edu.
>
>Thanks and greetings from
>Christina Manetti, in Bratislava
>
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From Lynne_Debenedette at BROWN.EDU  Tue Dec  5 16:35:30 2006
From: Lynne_Debenedette at BROWN.EDU (Debenedette, Lynne)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 11:35:30 -0500
Subject: question about netflix-like Russian movie rental site
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.113530.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A former student alerted me to the existence of "Moscowflix", a Netflix-like
site that deals in Russian and Soviet film rentals (plus a smaller number of
non-Russian films, presumably with Russian perevod or dubbing). Has anyone
used it successfully?  Good or bad experiences? Its "podpiska" rules are
similar to those of Netflix: you pay a monthly fee and then may have a
certain number of films (according to your subscription plan) on loan at any
given time; delivery is free in provided envelopes and takes 2-3 days each
way; and you maintain and edit an online list of films you want sent to you.
The url is:
<http://moscowflix.com>

I'd appreciate any comments...

Lynne
-- 
Lynne deBenedette
Sr. Lecturer in Russian
Dept. of Slavic Languages
Brown University
Providence RI 02912
email: lynne_debenedette-at-brown.edu (replace -at- with @)

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From dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU  Tue Dec  5 17:31:57 2006
From: dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU (Edward M Dumanis)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:31:57 -0500
Subject: a question regarding an old Russian (or Polish) word
In-Reply-To: <1165265983.45748c3f78deb@webmail.stanford.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.123157.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I would like to thank this list participants who responded privately and
publically to this query about MORGOVNIK/MORGOWNIK in Russian/Polish:
David Goldfarb, Bob Rothstein, Marc Adler, Jindrich Toman, and Marina
Brodskaya. Thanks a lot. This list is wonderful.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Tue Dec  5 16:48:51 2006
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:48:51 -0400
Subject: A documentary about the disabled  WWII veterans
In-Reply-To: <4575850A.7060202@utoronto.ca>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.124851.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>Has anybody seen or heard about a Russian documentary made in the late
>1980s during glasnost about a sanitarium of WWII veterans, most of whom
>were severely damaged, for example, having no arms and legs at all, and
>who were separated from society not to upset others with their appearances
>and had to live on an island, I think one of Solovetzkie ostrova. The
>title may even refer to Solovetzkie ostrova.

Don't know the film, but the island was Valaam. I actually have been there
and saw the hidden away people. There is a feature film where the issue
appears: it's in "Terpenie", the disabled vet is played by Batalov.

__________________________
 Alina Israeli
 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

 phone:    (202) 885-2387
 fax:      (202) 885-1076 

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From anne.lounsbery at NYU.EDU  Tue Dec  5 18:44:18 2006
From: anne.lounsbery at NYU.EDU (Anne Lounsbery)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 13:44:18 -0500
Subject: A documentary about the disabled  WWII veterans
In-Reply-To: <240958.55767.qm@web86208.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.134418.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Fran Bernstein, historian at Drew University, is working on a book on the
topic.






-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Anna Reid
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:25 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] A documentary about the disabled WWII veterans


Dear Seelangers - I would very much like to know if you do find this. A lot
of disabled veterans from Leningrad were moved to Valaam Island on Lake
Ladoga; all info on the place gratefully accepted - Anna Reid.

Lily Alexander <lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA> wrote:  Dear SEELANGERS,


Has anybody seen or heard about a Russian documentary made in the late 1980s
during glasnost about a sanitarium of WWII veterans, most of whom were
severely damaged, for example, having no arms and legs at all, and who were
separated from society not to upset others with their appearances and had to
live on an island, I think one of Solovetzkie ostrova. The title may even
refer to Solovetzkie ostrova.

It is not by Goldovskaya, but similar in style. I saw it years ago, and now
cannot find any reference to it or recall the title.

Anybody has seem it?

Thank you,

Lily Alexander



Christina Manetti wrote:

>Dear SEELANGERS,
>
>My apartment in Warsaw's Old Town is looking for occupants once again,
>ideally for at least the winter/spring semester 2006/7.
>
>I'll spare you the details, since I've posted this announcement several
>times before, but if anyone is interested, photos and information can be
>found at www.piwna.com. I can be contacted at manetti at u.washington.edu.
>
>Thanks and greetings from
>Christina Manetti, in Bratislava
>
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From Elena_Baraban at UMANITOBA.CA  Tue Dec  5 20:36:14 2006
From: Elena_Baraban at UMANITOBA.CA (Elena_Baraban at UMANITOBA.CA)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 14:36:14 -0600
Subject: the Valaam island question--WW1 disabled veterans
In-Reply-To: <1165350734.4575d74e2d5ce@webmail.shef.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.143614.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Colleagues,

I've just looked up a few filmographies of Batalov and I couldn't 
find "Terpenie". Was it perhaps a TV film?

Elena Baraban

Quoting A Smith <Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK>:

> I would very much like to know if you do find this. A lot of disabled
> veterans
> from Leningrad were moved to Valaam Island on Lake Ladoga; all info on the
> place gratefully accepted - Anna Reid------
> 
> Dear Anna,
> 
> Iurii Nagibin's story "Terpenie" (Patience) gives a very moving account of
> these
> disabled people. If I'm not mistaken, the story was included in Nagibin's
> book
> "Ostrov liubvi". It's possible to find it in Russian on the internet, too
> (through the yandex.ru website).
> 
> All best,
> Alexandra Smith  
> 
> 
> Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
> Lecturer in Russian
> Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
> University of Sheffield, UK
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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Tue Dec  5 20:32:14 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 20:32:14 +0000
Subject: the Valaam island question--WW1 disabled veterans
In-Reply-To: <240958.55767.qm@web86208.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
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I would very much like to know if you do find this. A lot of disabled veterans
from Leningrad were moved to Valaam Island on Lake Ladoga; all info on the
place gratefully accepted - Anna Reid------

Dear Anna,

Iurii Nagibin's story "Terpenie" (Patience) gives a very moving account of these
disabled people. If I'm not mistaken, the story was included in Nagibin's book
"Ostrov liubvi". It's possible to find it in Russian on the internet, too
(through the yandex.ru website).

All best,
Alexandra Smith  


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Lecturer in Russian
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
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From frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU  Tue Dec  5 20:57:12 2006
From: frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU (Francoise Rosset)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:57:12 -0500
Subject: the Valaam island question--WW1 disabled veterans
In-Reply-To: <1165350734.4575d74e2d5ce@webmail.shef.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.155712.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> Iurii Nagibin's story "Terpenie" (Patience) gives a very moving 
>account of these
> disabled people. If I'm not mistaken, the story was included in 
>Nagibin's book
> "Ostrov liubvi". It's possible to find it in Russian on the 
>internet, too
> (through the yandex.ru website).

If the film you're looking for is based on Nagibin's "Terpenie,"
(and It was made in 1984?), there is a useful record at:

http://www.ssees.ac.uk/videos/lit.htm '
-- scroll down to Nagibin, or go to:
http://www.ssees.ac.uk/videos/v1623.htm
-FR

Francoise Rosset
Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
Office: (508) 285-3696
FAX:   (508) 286-3640

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From lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA  Tue Dec  5 23:43:46 2006
From: lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA (Lily Alexander)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 18:43:46 -0500
Subject: Vremya otdykha s subboty do ponedelnika (1984)
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.184346.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your input. Some of your kindly contacted me off list with 
useful comments.

The imdb link to the film, which includes screen adaptation of Terpenie 
by Talankin with Batalov, is here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088366/

But no video is available, except the video in London recorded from TV 
as I understand, as per link provided by Prof. Rosset.

However I am still looking for the documentary. It definitely exists, 
because I saw it - years ago, in 1990 or so. Thus if anyone comes across 
this documentary, or recalls its title, please kindly let me know on or 
off list.

Many thanks,

Lily Alexander

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Wed Dec  6 02:59:17 2006
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 18:59:17 -0800
Subject: the Valaam island question--WW1 disabled veterans
In-Reply-To: <1165350974.4575d83e8e1b4@webware.cc.umanitoba.ca>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.185917.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Sorry, it's called "Vremja otdyxa s subboty do ponedel'nika"  (based 
on "Terpenie" hence my mistake):
http://www.tvc.ru/center/index/id/30324002430000.html
http://trailer.kinox.ru/index.asp?comm=4&num=2443
-- 
__________
Alina Israeli
LFS, American University
4400 Mass. Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20016

phone: 	(202) 885-2387
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From Elena_Baraban at UMANITOBA.CA  Wed Dec  6 00:22:13 2006
From: Elena_Baraban at UMANITOBA.CA (Elena_Baraban at UMANITOBA.CA)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 18:22:13 -0600
Subject: the Valaam island question--WW1 disabled veterans
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Thank you very much!

Elena

Quoting Alina Israeli <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>:

> Sorry, it's called "Vremja otdyxa s subboty do ponedel'nika"  (based 
> on "Terpenie" hence my mistake):
> http://www.tvc.ru/center/index/id/30324002430000.html
> http://trailer.kinox.ru/index.asp?comm=4&num=2443
> -- 
> __________
> Alina Israeli
> LFS, American University
> 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
> Washington, DC 20016
> 
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From boris.briker at VILLANOVA.EDU  Wed Dec  6 01:39:14 2006
From: boris.briker at VILLANOVA.EDU (Boris Briker)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 20:39:14 -0500
Subject: Vremya otdykha s subboty do ponedelnika (1984)
In-Reply-To: <45760432.7090100@utoronto.ca>
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Alex, this  video is available at russiandvd.com.
BB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lily Alexander <lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA> 
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 6:55 pm 
Subject: [SEELANGS] Vremya otdykha s subboty do ponedelnika (1984) 
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU 

> Dear Colleagues, 
> 
> Thank you for your input. Some of your kindly contacted me off 
> list with 
> useful comments. 
> 
> The imdb link to the film, which includes screen adaptation of 
> Terpenie 
> by Talankin with Batalov, is here: 
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088366/ 
> 
> But no video is available, except the video in London recorded 
> from TV 
> as I understand, as per link provided by Prof. Rosset. 
> 
> However I am still looking for the documentary. It definitely 
> exists, 
> because I saw it - years ago, in 1990 or so. Thus if anyone comes 
> across 
> this documentary, or recalls its title, please kindly let me know 
> on or 
> off list. 
> 
> Many thanks, 
> 
> Lily Alexander 
> 
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From marilynsizer at MSN.COM  Wed Dec  6 03:50:44 2006
From: marilynsizer at MSN.COM (Marilyn Sizer)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:50:44 -0800
Subject: finding a Solzhenitsyn poem
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.195044.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A friend wants help finding the text of the Solzhenitsyn poem "Growing Old' in Russian.
Where might we find it?

How much easier it is then, how much more receptive we are to death, when
advancing years guide us softly to our end. Aging thus is in no sense a

punishment from on high, but brings its own blessings and a warmth of
colors all its own. . . . There is even warmth to be drawn from the waning
of your own strength compared with the past-just to think how sturdy I once
used to be! You can no longer get through a whole day's work at a stretch,
but how good it is to slip into the brief oblivion of sleep, and what a
gift to wake once more to the clarity of your second or third morning of
the day. And your spirit can find delight in limiting your intake of food,
in abandoning the pursuit of novel flavors. You are still of this life, yet
you are rising above the material plane. . . . Growing old serenely is not
a downhill path but an ascent.


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From marc at ADLERPACIFIC.COM  Wed Dec  6 03:57:34 2006
From: marc at ADLERPACIFIC.COM (Marc Adler)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 21:57:34 -0600
Subject: finding a Solzhenitsyn poem
In-Reply-To: <BAY116-DAV31DACE5B439C4F2999F1BDEDD0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.215734.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Not quite sure if you're quoting the poem, but you might check out:

http://www.lib.ru/PROZA/SOLZHENICYN/

Marc

Marilyn Sizer(e)k dio:
> A friend wants help finding the text of the Solzhenitsyn poem "Growing Old' in Russian.
> Where might we find it?
> 
> How much easier it is then, how much more receptive we are to death, when
> advancing years guide us softly to our end. Aging thus is in no sense a
> 
> punishment from on high, but brings its own blessings and a warmth of
> colors all its own. . . . There is even warmth to be drawn from the waning
> of your own strength compared with the past-just to think how sturdy I once
> used to be! You can no longer get through a whole day's work at a stretch,
> but how good it is to slip into the brief oblivion of sleep, and what a
> gift to wake once more to the clarity of your second or third morning of
> the day. And your spirit can find delight in limiting your intake of food,
> in abandoning the pursuit of novel flavors. You are still of this life, yet
> you are rising above the material plane. . . . Growing old serenely is not
> a downhill path but an ascent.
> 
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From caron.4 at OSU.EDU  Wed Dec  6 04:19:12 2006
From: caron.4 at OSU.EDU (Inna Caron)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:19:12 -0500
Subject: finding a Solzhenitsyn poem
In-Reply-To: <BAY116-DAV31DACE5B439C4F2999F1BDEDD0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <TUE.5.DEC.2006.231912.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

This is more of a "stikhotvorenie v proze," one of Solzhenitsyn's
"Krokhotki" ("Miniatures"?)
 
Here is the text - hope the Cyrillics come through!
 
Inna Caron
Ohio State
 
СТАРЕНИЕ
Сколько написано об ужасе смерти, но и: какое же естественное она звено,
если не насильственна.
Помню в лагере греческого поэта, уже обречённого, а лет - за тридцать. И
никакого страха перед смертью не было в его мягко-печальной улыбке. Я
изумился. А он: "Прежде чем наступает смерть, в нас происходит
внутренняя подготовка: мы созреваем к ней. И уже ничто не страшно".
Всего год прошёл тогда - и я испытал всё это на себе сам, в мои тридцать
четыре. Месяц за месяцем, неделя за неделей клонясь к смерти, свыкаясь,
- я в своей готовности, смиренности опередил тело.
Так насколько же легче, какая открытость, если к смерти медленно
подводит нас преклонный возраст. Старенье - вовсе не наказание Божье, в
нём своя благодать и свои тёплые краски.
Тепло видеть возню ребятишек, набирающих крепости и характера. Теплить
может даже ослабление твоих сил, сравниваешь: а каким, значит,
коренником я был раньше. Не вытягиваешь целого дня работы - сладок и
краткий перерыв сознания, и снова ясность второго или третьего утра в
день, ещё подарок. И есть наслаждение духа - ограничиваться в поедании,
не искать вкусовых переборов: ещё ты вживе, а поднимаешься выше материи.
И какой неотъёмный клад - воспоминания; молодой того лишён, а при тебе
они все, безотказно, и живой отрывок их посещает тебя ежедень - при
медленном-медленном переходе от ночи ко дню, ото дня к ночи.
Ясное старение - это путь не вниз, а вверх.
Только не пошли, Бог, старости в нищете и холоде.
Как - и бросили мы стольких и стольких...
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Marilyn Sizer
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:51 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] finding a Solzhenitsyn poem
 
A friend wants help finding the text of the Solzhenitsyn poem "Growing
Old' in Russian.
Where might we find it?
 
How much easier it is then, how much more receptive we are to death,
when
advancing years guide us softly to our end. Aging thus is in no sense a
 
punishment from on high, but brings its own blessings and a warmth of
colors all its own. . . . There is even warmth to be drawn from the
waning
of your own strength compared with the past-just to think how sturdy I
once
used to be! You can no longer get through a whole day's work at a
stretch,
but how good it is to slip into the brief oblivion of sleep, and what a
gift to wake once more to the clarity of your second or third morning of
the day. And your spirit can find delight in limiting your intake of
food,
in abandoning the pursuit of novel flavors. You are still of this life,
yet
you are rising above the material plane. . . . Growing old serenely is
not
a downhill path but an ascent.
 
 
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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Wed Dec  6 10:16:28 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:16:28 +0000
Subject: valaam/nabutin's film Blokada Leningrada
In-Reply-To: <240958.55767.qm@web86208.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <WED.6.DEC.2006.101628.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

In addition to my previous message on Nagibin, I would like to say that
Nagibin's story is included in his book "Terpenie".
The Valaam clinic (internat) for disabled people/war veterans and survivors of
the siege of Leningrad who developed mental problems was open in 1945 and
closed in 1985. 
I think that Kirill Nabutov's 2-part documentary film "Blokada Leningrada" has
some references to Valaam. It was shown on NTV in 2004. (Nabutov also made a
documentary film about the Finnish war.)

All best,
Alexandra Smith  


Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Sheffield, UK

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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:33:55 +0100
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the Research Centre for East European Studies (Forschungsstelle Osteuropa)
would like to draw to your attention issue 9/2006 of kultura, a monthly free
of charge internet journal.


THE ISLAMIC REVIVAL IN RUSSIA
Guest editor: Mischa Gabowitsch (Berlin)

- editorial
Russia and Islam: Past and Present 2
- analysis
The Changing Face of Islam in Tatarstan 3 Irina Kuznetsova-Morenko, Leissan
Salakhatdinova (Kazan)
- portrait
Muslims in the Urals: Religious Culture and Religious Practices in
Bashkortostan 10 Xavier Le Torrivelec (Paris/Ufa)
- analysis
Religious Culture in Dagestan: From Socialist to Islamic Revolution? 13
Vladimir Bobrovnikov (Moscow)
- portrait
The Wahhabites in the North Caucasus: Fears and Realities 19 Vladimir
Bobrovnikov (Moscow)

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Dear colleagues,

the Research Centre for East European Studies (Forschungsstelle Osteuropa)
would like to draw to your attention issue 10/2006 of kultura, a monthly
free of charge internet journal.


LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL CHANGE:
NEW TENDENCIES IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Guest Editor: Gasan Gusejnov (Bremen)

- editorial
The Russian Language between (Un)Political Violence and Virtual Freedom 2
- analysis
‘We’ll Whack Them, Even in the Outhouse’: on a Phrase by V.V. Putin 3 Rémi
Camus (Caen)
- interjection
>From Perestroika to Consolidation: Word Creation is Not on the Agenda 6
Michel Niqueux (Caen)
- sketch
A Different Marx or Our Imaginary Generation and its Political Language 8
Alexey Penzin (Moscow)
- analysis
Five Poets in the Russian Blogosphere 10 Gasan Gusejnov (Bremen)
- focus
Together Apart: Russian in Ukraine 18
Mariya Kopylenko (Kyiv)

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From pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Wed Dec  6 15:04:16 2006
From: pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (Peter Scotto)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:04:16 -0500
Subject: Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?
In-Reply-To: <cf458ce432937.32937cf458ce4@villanova.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.6.DEC.2006.100416.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Are Russian "khlopushki" like good-old American "firecrackers," or are 
they your more sedate (but more amusing) English-style "Christmas 
crackers"?

What about "bengal'skie ogni" like the "sparklers" we let the little 
kids play with?

Thanks!
Peter Scotto
Mount Holyoke College
pscotto at mtholyoke.edu

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From jtishler at WISC.EDU  Wed Dec  6 15:59:08 2006
From: jtishler at WISC.EDU (Jennifer Tishler)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:59:08 -0600
Subject: MA in REECAS at University of Wisconsin
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Dear Colleagues:

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applications for its Master of Arts program in Russian, East European, 
and Central Asian Studies for fall 2007. Our two-year program provides 
interdisciplinary area studies training for students interested in the 
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http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/students/grad/ma.html

Thank you for sharing this information with your students. I will be 
happy to answer any questions you or your students might have about our 
program.

Best regards,
Jennifer

---
Jennifer Ryan Tishler
Associate Director
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
tel. 608-262-3379
fax. 608-890-0267
http://www.creeca.wisc.edu

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From newsnet at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Wed Dec  6 16:07:44 2006
From: newsnet at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (NewsNet)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:07:44 -0500
Subject: 2007 AAASS Summer Programs listing
Message-ID: <WED.6.DEC.2006.110744.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The January 2007 issue of NewsNet, the newsletter published by the 
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) 
will carry an annual listing of summer programs in languages of the 
former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and other programs related to 
Slavic Studies. This listing offers colleges, universities, and other 
institutions who have such programs an excellent opportunity to 
publicize them among a highly focused readership of area studies 
specialists. The issue will also be posted later in PDF format in the 
"Members Only" section of the AAASS web site.

If your department or organization runs a summer program related to 
Slavic studies, either in the U.S. or abroad, and you would like to 
see it listed in our January 2007 issue, please send to the NewsNet 
Editor via e-mail: newsnet at fas.harvard.edu a brief description of 
your program (approximately 100 words) including a list of languages 
in which instruction is offered, dates of the program, deadline for 
registration, and detailed contact information.

Please specify in which of the following sections you would like to 
include your listing:
--Language Programs offered in the United States and Canada
--Language Programs offered in Russia (including travel study 
programs run by organizations based in the U.S.)
--Language Programs offered in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet 
Union except Russia (including travel study programs run by 
organizations based in the U.S.)
--Study Tours and Other Programs (other summer programs related to 
Slavic Studies  but not offering language study, based both in the 
U.S. or abroad)

Although submissions in electronic format are preferred, hard copy 
sent via fax or regular mail will also be accepted at the following address:
Summer Language Program Listing
AAASS
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fax: 617-495-0680

Deadline for Submissions:
Friday, December 8, 2006

We will be pleased to include a brief announcement of your program at 
no charge, as a service to the membership of the AAASS. In addition, 
we offer paid display advertising, which many universities and 
programs choose as a means of achieving greater visibility for their 
offerings. For more information about ad rates and sizes, please see:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/advertising/newsnetads.html

If you have any questions about the AAASS, or the listing of Slavic, 
Eurasian & East European programs, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,
Jolanta M. Davis
AAASS Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA
tel.: 617-495-0679
fax: 617-495-0680
Web site: <http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass>www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass

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From mnewcity at DUKE.EDU  Wed Dec  6 16:16:14 2006
From: mnewcity at DUKE.EDU (Michael Newcity)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:16:14 -0500
Subject: 2007 AAASS Summer Programs listing
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20061206110740.044834f8@imap.fas.harvard.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.6.DEC.2006.111614.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Edna,

I received the following notice.  Would you like us to place a notice about 
the summer program in NewsNet?

Regards,
Michael

--On Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:07 AM -0500 NewsNet 
<newsnet at FAS.HARVARD.EDU> wrote:

> The January 2007 issue of NewsNet, the newsletter published by the
> American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) will
> carry an annual listing of summer programs in languages of the former
> Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and other programs related to Slavic
> Studies. This listing offers colleges, universities, and other
> institutions who have such programs an excellent opportunity to publicize
> them among a highly focused readership of area studies specialists. The
> issue will also be posted later in PDF format in the "Members Only"
> section of the AAASS web site.
>
> If your department or organization runs a summer program related to
> Slavic studies, either in the U.S. or abroad, and you would like to see
> it listed in our January 2007 issue, please send to the NewsNet Editor
> via e-mail: newsnet at fas.harvard.edu a brief description of your program
> (approximately 100 words) including a list of languages in which
> instruction is offered, dates of the program, deadline for registration,
> and detailed contact information.
>
> Please specify in which of the following sections you would like to
> include your listing:
> --Language Programs offered in the United States and Canada
> --Language Programs offered in Russia (including travel study programs
> run by organizations based in the U.S.)
> --Language Programs offered in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
> except Russia (including travel study programs run by organizations based
> in the U.S.)
> --Study Tours and Other Programs (other summer programs related to Slavic
> Studies  but not offering language study, based both in the U.S. or
> abroad)
>
> Although submissions in electronic format are preferred, hard copy sent
> via fax or regular mail will also be accepted at the following address:
> Summer Language Program Listing
> AAASS
> 8 Story Street
> Cambridge, MA 02138
> Fax: 617-495-0680
>
> Deadline for Submissions:
> Friday, December 8, 2006
>
> We will be pleased to include a brief announcement of your program at no
> charge, as a service to the membership of the AAASS. In addition, we
> offer paid display advertising, which many universities and programs
> choose as a means of achieving greater visibility for their offerings.
> For more information about ad rates and sizes, please see:
> http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/advertising/newsnetads.html
>
> If you have any questions about the AAASS, or the listing of Slavic,
> Eurasian & East European programs, please feel free to contact me.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jolanta M. Davis
> AAASS Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor
> American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
> 8 Story Street
> Cambridge, MA
> tel.: 617-495-0679
> fax: 617-495-0680
> Web site: <http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass>www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass
>
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Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
Duke University
303 Languages Building
Box 90260
Durham, NC  27708-0260
Tel.: 919-660-3150
Fax: 919-660-3188

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From mshrage at INDIANA.EDU  Wed Dec  6 16:52:48 2006
From: mshrage at INDIANA.EDU (Shrager, Miriam)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:52:48 -0500
Subject: No subject
In-Reply-To: <SEELANGS%200612010000064530.0AA1@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <WED.6.DEC.2006.115248.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers,

A student of mine wants to attend a language summer program in Russia. 
There are several possibilities there, and I would much appreciate any 
input from you on these specific programs. He has the following options 
of summer Russian language programs:

1) Yaroslavl' Demidov state University
2) Samara State University
3) Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod
4) Irkutsk State university

If you know anybody who attended those programs or you know anything 
about them, please reply.

Thank you,

Miriam Shrager
Indiana University, Bloomington

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From msukholu at MAILCLERK.ECOK.EDU  Wed Dec  6 16:56:04 2006
From: msukholu at MAILCLERK.ECOK.EDU (Mara Sukholutskaya)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:56:04 -0600
Subject: No subject
In-Reply-To: <20061206115248.30m3as87aco0koks@webmail.iu.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.6.DEC.2006.105604.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

There is also a good program in Tver.
The contact person is Andrey Shkvorov  at email at andreishkvorov.net

>>> mshrage at INDIANA.EDU 12/6/2006 10:52 am >>>
Dear Seelangers,

A student of mine wants to attend a language summer program in Russia.

There are several possibilities there, and I would much appreciate any

input from you on these specific programs. He has the following options

of summer Russian language programs:

1) Yaroslavl' Demidov state University
2) Samara State University
3) Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod
4) Irkutsk State university

If you know anybody who attended those programs or you know anything 
about them, please reply.

Thank you,

Miriam Shrager
Indiana University, Bloomington

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From griesenb at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Wed Dec  6 21:45:25 2006
From: griesenb at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Donna Griesenbeck)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 16:45:25 -0500
Subject: Harvard Master's in Regional Studies: REECA
Message-ID: <WED.6.DEC.2006.164525.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Harvard Master's Program in Regional Studies:
Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia

Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies 
invites applicants to its two-year, interdisciplinary master's degree 
program in Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia 
(REECA). Students in the program deepen their knowledge of this world 
region through coursework in such disciplines as history, political 
science, economics, languages, linguistics, and literature, and in 
such professional fields as finance, management, public policy, and 
security studies. Limited financial aid in the form of Harvard grants 
is available to students, regardless of citizenship. Harvard grants, 
which may cover up to full tuition and a modest living stipend, are 
offered at the time of admission and are renewable for a second year. 
We also offer Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to 
eligible US citizens and permanent residents. FLAS fellowships are 
awarded annually on a competitive basis and cover full tuition plus a 
living stipend of $15,000.

For admission to the class entering September 2007, applications are 
due on January 2, 2007. We require general GRE scores for all 
applicants; applicants whose native language is other than English 
and who do not hold a degree from an institution at which English is 
the language of instruction must also submit TOEFL scores.

For full details on the program and other resources of the Davis 
Center, please see our web site at 
http://www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/student_programs/masters.html. 
Interested students are encouraged to contact the Davis Center's 
student programs officer, Donna Griesenbeck 
(griesenb at fas.harvard.edu, tel. 617-495-1194), with any questions.

Profile of Typical REECA Student
As a rule, entering students have taken the equivalent of three or 
more years of college Russian and have spent a summer or a semester 
studying abroad in the region. All students are required to 
demonstrate proficiency in reading Russian before graduation from the 
program. Most REECA students have an undergraduate degree in Russian 
studies, Russian language and literature, history, political science, 
or international studies. Some students have worked one or more years 
in the region before enrolling in the master's program.

Individualized Program of Study
Each student works individually with the REECA academic advisor to 
develop a program of study, taking into account his or her career 
goals, previous training, experience, and academic qualifications. A 
limited enrollment in the program facilitates individual guidance and 
personal attention. We enroll between 8-10 students each year, so 
that we have 16-20 students in residence at any particular time.

Faculty
REECA students may take classes with virtually any member of the 
Harvard faculty whose course offerings relate to their individual 
plan of study. Selected members of the faculty are available as REECA 
thesis supervisors. Davis Center Faculty Associates are listed at 
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty_assoc.html.

Courses and Cross-Registration
Please see 
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/student_programs/reeca_courses.html 
for course listings and links to Harvard's online course catalog.

REECA students may cross-register for individual courses at other 
Harvard Schools (Business, Design, Divinity, Education, Law, Public 
Health, Kennedy School of Government), the Fletcher School of Law and 
Diplomacy at Tufts University, and the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology.

Studying Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Most REECA students fulfill their core program requirements with 
courses on Russia, and use elective courses to pursue other regional 
interests. Students who enter the program with an unusually strong 
background in Russian studies may choose to focus primarily on 
another region of the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe.

The Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus 
(http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu), the Ukrainian Research Institute 
(http://www.huri.harvard.edu), the Center for European Studies 
(http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/index.html), and the Kokkalis Program 
on Southeastern and East-Central Europe 
(http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kokkalis/index.html) are valuable 
resources for students whose interests extend beyond Russia.

Master's Thesis
Since 1993, students in the REECA program have written master's 
theses under the supervision of a faculty member. The thesis is 
intended as the capstone of the two-year program. It is supervised by 
a Harvard faculty member and is based to a significant extent on 
sources in one or more languages of the region. Many students conduct 
in-country thesis research between program years with the help of a 
research travel grant from the Davis Center.

Sample Thesis Topics
"Reconciling Reform with Reality: Enforcement of Intellectual 
Property Rights in Russia"

"Questions of Identity: Islam and Ethnicity in St. Petersburg and Moscow"

"Scaling the East: Orientalism in 19th-Century Russian Music"

"Growing Against the Odds: Russian Small Business Development and the 
Role of External Finance"

"The Re-emergence of Ethnic-Nationalistic Concepts in Modern Russian 
Philosophical and Political Thought"

"The Trials and Tribulations of the Soviet Timur: Historiography, 
Ethnogenesis, and the Scholarly Origins of Uzbekistan's National Hero"

"The Political Economy of Mass Privatization in Kazakhstan"

"Russian Experimental Jury Trials: A Preliminary Examination"

Career Planning and Development
REECA students have full access to the services of Harvard's Office 
of Career Services (http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/index.htm), 
including its career library, counselors, and undergraduate and 
graduate recruiting programs. The REECA Program Office develops and 
maintains area-related career resources and facilitates networking 
with program alumni. Graduates of the program are currently pursuing 
doctoral studies at Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, UC-Berkeley, and 
Trinity University in Dublin. Other program alumni work in 
journalism, NGOs, think tanks, development, diplomacy, consulting, 
law, investment banking, and in the intelligence and military 
communities.

-- 
Donna Griesenbeck
Student Programs Officer
Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies
CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge Street, Suite 301
Cambridge, MA 02138

Tel. 617.495.1194
Fax 617.495.8319

griesenb at fas.harvard.edu
http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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From ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU  Thu Dec  7 03:06:55 2006
From: ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU (E Wayles Browne)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:06:55 -0500
Subject: Bulgarian L?
In-Reply-To: <LISTSERV%200612020739223430.0654@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <WED.6.DEC.2006.220655.0500.>

Here's a question for Bulgarian scholars:
The Bulgarian hard consonant L, in words like vidjal, mlad, Lom, ludo,
always sounded similar to English L to me.
But recently, when students from Bulgaria come to me to have me certify
their knowledge of the language, they seem to be pronouncing L like
English W. Is this something I should imitate, or is it something that
only the younger generation does? I have heard the opinion of one
Bulgarian, but wonder if this is a matter on which speakers disagree.
Yours,
-- 
Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu

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From sdawes at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Thu Dec  7 16:56:46 2006
From: sdawes at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Sheila Dawes)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:56:46 -0500
Subject: American Councils (ACTR) Title VIII Programs for Research &
 Language Training, JAN 15 Deadline
Message-ID: <THU.7.DEC.2006.115646.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS announces the
following Fall 2007 and Academic Year 2007-2008 fellowship programs:

Title VIII Research Scholar Program: Provides full support for three to
nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus,
Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip
international travel, housing, living stipends, visas, insurance,
affiliation fees, archive access, research advising, and logistical
support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral
scholars, and faculty. Full and partial fellowships are available for
research through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title
VIII) grant support. Application deadline: January 15 (Fall and Academic
Year Programs).

Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program: Provides
full support for research and approximately ten hours per week of
advanced language instruction for three to nine months in Russia,
Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova.
Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing, tuition,
living stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, archive access,
research advising, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S.
graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Full and partial
fellowships are available for research and/or language study through
American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) grant
support. Application deadline: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year
Programs).

Title VIII Special Initiatives Fellowship: Provides grants of up to
$35,000 for field research on policy-relevant topics in Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
and Uzbekistan. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a policy-relevant field
and have sufficient language-ability to carry out proposed research.
Scholars must conduct research for at least four months in the field.
Full and partial fellowships are available for U.S. researchers through
American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) grant
support. Application deadline: January 15 (Fall and Academic Year
Programs).

Title VIII Southeastern Europe Research Programs: Provides full support
for three to nine months of research in Southeastern Europe. Fellowships
include roundtrip international travel, housing, living stipends, visas,
insurance, and affiliation fees. Full and partial fellowships are
available for research through American Councils from U.S. Department of
State (Title VIII) grant support. Open to U.S. graduate students,
post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Application deadline: January 15
(Fall and Academic Year Programs).

Title VIII Southeastern Europe Language Program: Offers international
travel, housing, living stipends, visas, tuition, insurance, and
affiliation fees for one to nine months of intensive language study at
major universities throughout Southeastern Europe. Open to U.S. students
at the MA and Ph.D. level, as well as faculty and post-doctoral
scholars. Full and partial fellowships are available for research and/or
language study through American Councils from U.S. Department of State
(Title VIII) grant support. Application deadline: January 15 (Fall and
Academic Year Programs).

For more information and applications, contact: Outbound Programs,
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, 1776
Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036; (202)
833-7522, Email: outbound at americancouncils.org; Website:
www.americancouncils.org. Applications now available on the website.

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From sglebov at SMITH.EDU  Thu Dec  7 17:36:40 2006
From: sglebov at SMITH.EDU (Sergey Glebov)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:36:40 -0500
Subject: TOC: Ab Imperio 3-2006 The Chorus of Nations: Constructing and
 Describing Group Unity
Message-ID: <THU.7.DEC.2006.123640.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,
 
Ab Imperio editors would like to draw your attention to the third issue
of the journal this year. All information about the publication,
including contact information, tables of contents, subscription options,
and submission guidelines are available on our website at
http://abimperio.net 
 
Ab Imperio editors
 
Ab Imperio 3/2006 The Chorus of Nations: Constructing and Describing
Group Unity (11/2006)

Methodology and Theory

Editors
    Searching for a Mode of Description of the Community of Solidarity
of Civic Action and Collective Loyalty (Eng/Rus)

Serhy Yekelchyk
    The Body and National Myth: Motifs from the Ukrainian National
Revival in the Nineteenth Century (Rus)

Serhy Yekelchyk
    On Transcontinental Travel and Postcolonial Imagination: A Look Back
from 2006 on “The Body and National Myth” (Eng)

Peter van der Veer
    The Visceral and the Secular (Eng)


History


Irina Paert
    “Two or Twenty Million?” The Languages of Official Statistics and
Religious Dissent in Imperial Russia (Eng)

Paul Werth
    The Head of Church, A Subject of the Emperor: The Armenian
Catholicos at the Junction of the Internal and Foreign Politics of
Empire, 1828-1914 (Rus)

Sergei Zhuk
    “A Separate Nation” of “Those Who Imitate Germans”: Ukrainian
Evangelical Peasants and Problems of Cultural Identification in the
Ukrainian Provinces of Late Imperial Russia (Eng)

Constantine Bolenko
    “Russian Grandee, European Grand Seigneur, and Tatar Prince” N. B.
Iusupov: On the Question of Self-Orientalization of Russian Nobility in
the Last Third of the Eighteenth – First Third of the Nineteenth
Century(Rus)

Chia Yin Hsu
    A Tale of Two Railroads: “Yellow Labor,” Agrarian Colonization, and
the Making of Russianness at the Far Eastern Frontier, 1890s–1910s (Eng)

 Archive

Diliara Usmanova
    “Vaisov God’s Regiment of Muslim Old Believers”: Languages of
Confessional, Estate, Political, and National Resistance in Russian
Empire (Rus)

 Documents


Sociology, Ethnology, Political Science


Mikhail Sokolov
    The New Right Intellectuals in Russia: Strategies of Legitimization
(Rus)

Ekaterina Panova
    Students “Our” and “Alien”: The Views of St. Petersburg Teachers on
Ethnic Diversity and the Limits of Russianness  (Rus)

Oksana Morgunova
    Europeans, not Westerners: How the Dilemma “Russia vs. the West” is
Represented in Russian Language Open Access Migrants’ Forums (United
Kingdom) (Eng)

Raisa Akif’eva, Anna Tolkacheva
    National and Regional Identity in the Discourse of St. Petersburg
Official Press (Rus)


Newest Mythologies


Olga Khristoforova
    “Children of Nature”, or the Ethnic Projects of Regional Television
Stations (Rus)


Book Reviews

Andre Liebich
    Alexei Miller, Alfred J. Rieber (Eds.), Imperial Rule (Budapest:
Central European University Press, 2004). 212 pp. Index. ISBN:
963-9241-98-9.

Paul du Quenoy
    John P. LeDonne, The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire, 1650–1831
(Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004). 261 pp., ill.
Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-19-516100-9.

Andrew Gentes
    Alexander Cooley, Logics of Hierarchy: The Organization of Empires,
States, and Military Occupations (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press,
2005). 208 pp. Notes, Figures, Tables, Index. Index. ISBN:
0-8014-4386-5.

Maria Krisan’
    Andrzej Nowak (Red.), Rosja i Europa Wschodnia: “imperiologia”
stosowana / Russia and Eastern Europe: Applied “Imperiology” (Kraków:
Wydawnictwo Arcana, Instytut Historii PAN w Warszawie, 2006). 528 s.
ISBN: 83-89243-58-X.

Marina Loskutova
    Cynthia Simmons, Nina Perlina (Eds.), Writing the Siege of
Leningrad: Women’s Diaries, Memoirs, and Documentary Prose (Pittsburgh,
PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002). 288 pp., 14 ill. Index. ISBN:
0-8229-4183-X (hardback edition).

Marianna Mouravieva
    NESTOR: Ezhekvartal’nyi ezhednevnyi zhurnal istorii I kul’tury
Rossii I Vostochnoi lokade leningrada v Rossii I za rubezhom.
Istochniki, issledovaniia, istoriografiia / Ed. I. V. Lukoianov, issue
ed. A. R. Dzeniskevich. 

Igor Martyniuk
    Michael Kellogg, The Russian Roots of Nazism: White Émigrés and the
Making of National Socialism, 1917–1945 (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2005). xiii+327 pp. (=New Studies in European History).
Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 0-521-84512-2

Svetlana Smirnova
    Daniele Conversi (Ed.), Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World:
Walker Connor and the Study of Nationalism (London: Routledge, 2004).
302 pp. ISBN: 0-415-26373-7 (paperback edition).

Theodor Weeks
    Ricarda Vulpius, Nationalisierung der Religion.
Russifizierungspolitik und ukrainische Nationsbildung, 1860–1920
(Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005). 475 pp. (=Forschungen zur
osteuropäischen Geschichte, Bd. 64). Maps, Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 3

Aleksei Miller
    Frank Grelka, Die Ukrainische Nationalbewegung unter deutscher
Besatzungsherrschaft 1918 und 1941/42 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag,
2005); Wendy Lower, Nazi Empire-Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of Nor

Nadieszda Kizenko
    Nikolai Mitrokhin. Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov’: Sovremennoe
sostoianie I problemy. Moscow: NLO, 2004.  647 p. ISBN: 5-86793-324-5.

Serhy Yekelchyk
    Evgeny Dobrenko and Eric Naiman (Eds.), The Landscape of Stalinism:
The Art of Ideology of Soviet Space (Seattle, WA: University of
Washington Press, 2003). xviii+315 pp., ill. Notes, Bibliography, Index.
ISBN: 0-295-98333-7 (hardback edition).

Thomas Sanders
   A. V. Makushin, P. A. tribunskii. Pavel Nikolaevich Miliukov: Trudy i
dni (1859 – 1904) / Riazan’, 2001. 439 p. ISBN: 5-94473-001-3

Alexander Filiushkin
    Giovanna Siedina (Ed.), Mazepa e il suo tempo: Storia, cultura,
società / Mazepa and His Time: History, Culture, Society (Alessandria:
Edizioni dell’Orso). 2004. 594 pp. (=Slavica. Vol. 6). ISBN:
88-7694-806-6.

Anatol Shmelev
    Jamie Bisher, White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian
(London: Routledge, 2005). 452 pp. Bibliography, Index. ISBN:
0-7146-5690-9.

Ludmila Novikova
    Grazhdanskaia voina na vostoke Rossii: Problemy istorii:
Bakhrushinskie chteniia 2001 g. / Ed. By V. I. Shishkin. Novosibirsk:
NGU, 2001. 178 p. ISBN: 5-94356-037-8.

Maksim Kirchanov
    Leonidas Donskis, Loyalty, Dissent and Betrayal: Modern Lithuania
and East-Central European Imagination (Amsterdam: “Rodopi,” 2005). 164
pp. Bibliography, Index. ISBN: 90-420-1727-9.
 
 

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From sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU  Thu Dec  7 18:18:27 2006
From: sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU (Sibelan E S Forrester)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:18:27 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Translation Award -- Call for Submissions
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For translators living in Northern California.

>Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:56:17 -0800 (PST)
>From: Center for the Art of Translation <newswire at catranslation.org>
>Subject: Translation Award -- Call for Submissions
>
>
>CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
>Northern California Book Awards-Translation Award
> 
>Dear Friends:
> 
>The Center for the Art of Translation is once again co-sponsoring 
>the Northern California Book Award in Translation for the best 
>translation by a Northern California translator. The deadline for 
>nominations is quickly approaching so please send in any suggestions 
>for the award.
> 
>We are gathering books that may be qualified for the translation 
>award and ask for your assistance in identifying book-length 
>translations from any language into English (primarily fiction and 
>poetry, though some non-fiction will be considered) published by 
>Northern California translators in 2006. For clarification, Northern 
>California is here defined as Fresno and north to the Oregon border; 
>the publisher does not have to be from Northern California, but the 
>translator must currently reside there. This award is co-sponsored 
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>2007.
> 
>For all suggestions, please include the author's name, the 
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From asred at COX.NET  Thu Dec  7 22:33:18 2006
From: asred at COX.NET (Steve Marder)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 17:33:18 -0500
Subject: Bulgarian L?
In-Reply-To: <56117.65.110.156.11.1165460815.squirrel@webmail.cornell.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.7.DEC.2006.173318.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Wayles,

> Here's a question for Bulgarian scholars:
> The Bulgarian hard consonant L, in words like vidjal, mlad, Lom, ludo,
> always sounded similar to English L to me.
> But recently, when students from Bulgaria come to me to have me certify
> their knowledge of the language, they seem to be pronouncing L like
> English W. Is this something I should imitate, or is it something that
> only the younger generation does? I have heard the opinion of one
> Bulgarian, but wonder if this is a matter on which speakers disagree.

I myself am not a Bulgarian scholar, but a young (20-something) native
Bulgarian linguist friend of mine has this to say:

When "L" appears initially (lom, ludo), it is pronounced similar to English
"L"; however, when the "L" occurs non-initially or at the end of a word
(mlad, vidjal), it is indeed pronounced similar to English "W." You should
imitate these types of pronunciation. My friend goes on to say that the
differentiation in pronunciation probably goes back 60 years or so. As such,
it is not unique to the younger generation.

Steve Marder 

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From emilka at MAC.COM  Fri Dec  8 02:35:32 2006
From: emilka at MAC.COM (Emily Saunders)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:35:32 -0800
Subject: Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?
In-Reply-To: <20061206100416.1qb31yd4v2o8gk84@webmail.mtholyoke.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.7.DEC.2006.183532.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I believe that khlopushki are Christmas crackers and bengal'skie ogni  
are sparklers.  Fireworks on a large scale civic level are fejerverki  
фейерверки or salyut салют.  I've forgotten what you call the roman  
candle like things that people shoot off their balconies on New Year's.

Emily Saunders

On Dec 6, 2006, at 7:04 AM, Peter Scotto wrote:

> Are Russian "khlopushki" like good-old American "firecrackers," or are  
> they your more sedate (but more amusing) English-style "Christmas  
> crackers"?
>
> What about "bengal'skie ogni" like the "sparklers" we let the little  
> kids play with?
>
> Thanks!
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
> pscotto at mtholyoke.edu
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From shatsev at HOTMAIL.COM  Fri Dec  8 04:50:26 2006
From: shatsev at HOTMAIL.COM (Vladimir Shatsev)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 23:50:26 -0500
Subject: mikhail evgrafovich in english
In-Reply-To: <3CF157B45F9457F8D06B0CBF@AAS3589.asadmin.duke.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.7.DEC.2006.235026.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU

Dear Seelangers,

How would I go about finding all the English translations available on a 
website of Saltikov-Schedrin's works.E.g. I am looking for any versions of 
ZA RUBEZHOM.Do you have any suggestions?


Regards,

Vladimir Shatsev

Language and Drama Teacher

Russian House Community Centre www.russianhouse.ca

Phone.: 416-236-5563
Cell : 416-333-1840

Email: vladimir.shatsev at russianhouse.ca




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>
>Regards,
>Michael
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>--On Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:07 AM -0500 NewsNet 
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>>The January 2007 issue of NewsNet, the newsletter published by the
>>American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) will
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>>Studies. This listing offers colleges, universities, and other
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>>them among a highly focused readership of area studies specialists. The
>>issue will also be posted later in PDF format in the "Members Only"
>>section of the AAASS web site.
>>
>>If your department or organization runs a summer program related to
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>>it listed in our January 2007 issue, please send to the NewsNet Editor
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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Fri Dec  8 07:23:27 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 07:23:27 +0000
Subject: Kapitanskaya dochka translation question: ������ ���  ������
 �������  ������.
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.072327.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

 Dear all,

    Пугачев  сидел в креслах на крыльце  комендантского  дома. На  нем  был
красный казацкий кафтан,  обшитый галунами. Высокая соболья шапка с золотыми
кистями  была  надвинута  на его сверкающие глаза. Лицо его  показалось мне
знакомо. Казацкие старшины окружали его. Отец Герасим,  бледный и дрожащий,
стоял  у крыльца,  с крестом в  руках,  и,  казалось, молча умолял его  за
предстоящие  жертвы.   На  площади  ставили  наскоро   виселицу.

I had always assumed that ‘ego’ in ‘umolyal ego’ referred to Pugachov.  But
a Russian friend has suggested it refers to ‘krest’, that the priest is as
if pleading with the cross itself.  Do other people agree?  Previous
translators do not, but that does not mean a great deal...

Всего доброго,

Р.

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Fri Dec  8 07:34:51 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 07:34:51 +0000
Subject: Chapter 2 of Kap dochka: translation problem: 'kuma' and
 'dyachikha'
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.073451.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear all,

And another question!

-  Эх,  батюшка Петр  Андреич!  - отвечал  он с глубоким  вздохом.  -
Сержусь-то  я на  самого себя; сам я кругом виноват. Как мне было оставлять
тебя  одного  в трактире!  Что  делать? Грех  попутал: вздумал забрести  к
дьячихе,  повидаться  с кумою. Так-то: зашел к куме, да засел в тюрьме. Беда
да и только! Как покажусь я на глаза господам?  что скажут они, как  узнают,
что дитя пьет и играет.

Pyotr Andreich has just spend a day on his own in an inn.  He has got badly
drunk and lost a lot of money.  Savelich is blaming himself for leaving
Pyotr on his own for so long.  He went off for the day in order to go to the
market, etc, and buy stores for the journey.  I am not sure how much of his
speech I should understand literally.

This sentence - Так-то: зашел к куме, да засел в тюрьме - is clearly a
pogovorka, or an improvised pogovorka.  But what about the sentence before?
Did he really visit a dyachikha he knew?  Or is this sentence also some kind
of joke?  Is it even possible that the virtuous Savelich visited a
prostitute?

Poka,

Robert

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Fri Dec  8 07:36:00 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 07:36:00 +0000
Subject: Kapitanskaya dochka translation question: ������ ���  �� ���
 ��������  ������.
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.073600.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

 Dear Polina,

    Пугачев  сидел в креслах на крыльце  комендантского  дома. На  нем  был
красный казацкий кафтан,  обшитый галунами. Высокая соболья шапка с золотыми
кистями  была  надвинута  на его сверкающие глаза. Лицо его  показалось мне
знакомо. Казацкие старшины окружали его. Отец Герасим,  бледный и дрожащий,
стоял  у крыльца,  с крестом в  руках,  и,  казалось, молча умолял его  за
предстоящие  жертвы.   На  площади  ставили  наскоро   виселицу.

I had always assumed that ‘ego’ in ‘umolyal ego’ referred to Pugachov.  But
a Russian friend has suggested it refers to ‘krest’, that the priest is as
if pleading with the cross itself.  Do you agree?  Previous translators do
not, but that does not mean a great deal...

Всего доброго,

Р.

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From n_shevchuk at YAHOO.COM  Fri Dec  8 15:29:10 2006
From: n_shevchuk at YAHOO.COM (Nina Shevchuk)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 07:29:10 -0800
Subject: shtirlits again
In-Reply-To: <000001c71a26$41700bd0$2f01a8c0@Sony>
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.072910.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelang'ers:
  I am writing a paper on translatability of humor (or lack thereof) and, inevitably, I ended up discussing Shtirlitz jokes. A while ago on this listserv there was a reference to these jokes and possible plans of making a website dedicated to them. If Dr. Allison, the author of the post, is still interested, perhaps we could discuss this topic off list? Also, is there a good academic take on this phenomenon somewhere out there? In English or Russian? Connected to the topic of humor translation I found a curious article: 
  Christina Marinetti, "The Limits of the Play Text: Translating Comedy", New Voices in Translation Studies 1 (2005).
   
  Best regards,
  Nina Shevchuk-Murray

 
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From Elena.Levintova at MONTEREY.ARMY.MIL  Fri Dec  8 16:33:29 2006
From: Elena.Levintova at MONTEREY.ARMY.MIL (Allison Elena N.)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:33:29 -0800
Subject: shtirlits again
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.083329.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Nina: yes, I am very interested. Delighted, in fact.
Please write to me at: Elena.Levintova at monterey.army.mil and please cc to
Elena at AAllison.com. 
Thanks,
Elena


Elena Levintova Allison 
(831) 643-0181
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Nina Shevchuk
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 7:29 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] shtirlits again

Dear Seelang'ers:
  I am writing a paper on translatability of humor (or lack thereof) and,
inevitably, I ended up discussing Shtirlitz jokes. A while ago on this
listserv there was a reference to these jokes and possible plans of making a
website dedicated to them. If Dr. Allison, the author of the post, is still
interested, perhaps we could discuss this topic off list? Also, is there a
good academic take on this phenomenon somewhere out there? In English or
Russian? Connected to the topic of humor translation I found a curious
article: 
  Christina Marinetti, "The Limits of the Play Text: Translating Comedy",
New Voices in Translation Studies 1 (2005).
   
  Best regards,
  Nina Shevchuk-Murray

 
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From J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK  Fri Dec  8 17:44:19 2006
From: J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK (John Dunn)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:44:19 +0100
Subject: Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.184419.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

To judge by the http://hlop.ru/ web-site хлопушки [khlopushki] are party-poppers, rather than Christmas crackers.  The same web-site has a reference to something called римская свеча [rimskaja svecha].

John Dunn.


-----Original Message-----
From: Emily Saunders <emilka at MAC.COM>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:35:32 -0800
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?

I believe that khlopushki are Christmas crackers and bengal'skie ogni  
are sparklers.  Fireworks on a large scale civic level are fejerverki  
фейерверки or salyut салют.  I've forgotten what you call the roman  
candle like things that people shoot off their balconies on New Year's.

Emily Saunders

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From annareid01 at BTINTERNET.COM  Fri Dec  8 18:01:47 2006
From: annareid01 at BTINTERNET.COM (Anna Reid)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:01:47 +0000
Subject: Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?
In-Reply-To: <43829abb36c685befa210010e180771e@mac.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.180147.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

English Victorian novels sometimes mention 'Bengal lights', meaning a sort of firework, and the dictionary has a 'bengal light' as a 'steady bright blue light, formerly used for signalling, now as a firework.' Google the term and you get a chemical recipe for one! The phrase might have taken on a slightly different meaning in Russian of course.

Emily Saunders <emilka at MAC.COM> wrote:  I believe that khlopushki are Christmas crackers and bengal'skie ogni 
are sparklers. Fireworks on a large scale civic level are fejerverki 
ÆÅÊÅÒ×ÅÒËÉ or salyut ÓÁÌÀÔ. I've forgotten what you call the roman 
candle like things that people shoot off their balconies on New Year's.

Emily Saunders

On Dec 6, 2006, at 7:04 AM, Peter Scotto wrote:

> Are Russian "khlopushki" like good-old American "firecrackers," or are 
> they your more sedate (but more amusing) English-style "Christmas 
> crackers"?
>
> What about "bengal'skie ogni" like the "sparklers" we let the little 
> kids play with?
>
> Thanks!
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
> pscotto at mtholyoke.edu
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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Fri Dec  8 18:24:12 2006
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:24:12 -0500
Subject: Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?
In-Reply-To: <224593.60879.qm@web86208.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
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Here http://www.salros.ru/ and here http://www.petarda.ru/default.asp? 
wci=Classify&c_no=14043 there are some pictures. Among the most  
popular now (and probably more dangerous) are петарды.

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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Fri Dec  8 19:07:42 2006
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Valentino, Russell)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:07:42 -0600
Subject: Moscow Dynamo
In-Reply-To: A<21F60FEF-4EFD-4670-9A88-E04BDF071BA6@american.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.130742.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A local bookstore owner has asked me the following question:

In Russia, players from foreign countries on Russian clubs are referred
to as "legionnaires" whether they are French, Brazilian, Bulgarian or
whatever.  Do you know the origin of this usage?

If anyone here knows the answer, please send me a note
(Russell-valentino at uiowa.edu). Thanks.

Russell


Russell Valentino
Assoc. Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Faculty Associate Director
Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
University of Iowa
319.353.2193 (Russian)
319.335.4034 (OCAS)

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Fri Dec  8 19:21:19 2006
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:21:19 -0500
Subject: Moscow Dynamo
In-Reply-To: <183294552478444386C2B6B95D597E0507DAC9C6@IOWAEVS02.iowa.uiowa.edu>
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Probably from иностранный легион http:// 
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
Французский_иностранный_легион, aka French  
Foreign Legion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion


On Dec 8, 2006, at 2:07 PM, Valentino, Russell wrote:

> A local bookstore owner has asked me the following question:
>
> In Russia, players from foreign countries on Russian clubs are  
> referred
> to as "legionnaires" whether they are French, Brazilian, Bulgarian or
> whatever.  Do you know the origin of this usage?
>
> If anyone here knows the answer, please send me a note
> (Russell-valentino at uiowa.edu). Thanks.
>
> Russell
>
>
> Russell Valentino
> Assoc. Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
> Faculty Associate Director
> Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
> University of Iowa
> 319.353.2193 (Russian)
> 319.335.4034 (OCAS)
>

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From eelliott at NORTHWESTERN.EDU  Fri Dec  8 20:42:01 2006
From: eelliott at NORTHWESTERN.EDU (Elisabeth Elliott)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:42:01 -0600
Subject: Call for AAASS 2007: Innovations in courses on Structure of
 Russian
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.144201.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

-- 

Dear Colleagues,

Jane Hacking (University of Utah) and I are organizing a panel or 
roundtable (to be decided) dedicated to the topic of changes, new 
directions, etc., in Structure of Russian courses from a 
pedagogical/curriculum perspective.  Examples of such changes could 
include, but are not exclusive to,  adding an experimental acoustic 
component in order to address needs of pronunciation acquisition,  or 
including topics beyond the standard phonology and morphology, such 
as sociolinguistics, pragmatics, etc., to address the needs of future 
teachers of Russian.  Contributions dealing with any restructuring 
from a pedagogical point of view are welcome.  The preliminary title 
of this panel or roundtable is: Innovations in courses on Structure 
of Russian.  Please respond to me off-line at:
eelliott at northwestern.edu

Sincerely,
Elisabeth Elliott
___________________________________________
Elisabeth Elliott, Ph.D.
President of Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA)
Slavic Language Coordinator and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1860 Campus Drive
Crowe Hall, #4-125 (4th floor)
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2163
Off: 847-491-8082
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From shatsev at HOTMAIL.COM  Sat Dec  9 04:09:02 2006
From: shatsev at HOTMAIL.COM (Vladimir Shatsev)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 23:09:02 -0500
Subject: Kapitanskaya dochka translation question:
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Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.230902.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Robert,

Your ideas and implications show how bright  a translator you are, however�
I do hope you will pay  attention to  my immediate reaction to your too 
thoughtful suggestions about Pushkin�s prose,the prose which is too clear 
and  exact to be ambiguous.
1. You and other translators were absolutely right in  assuming that Father 
Gerasim begged Pugachev,but not to �the cross(?) in his own hand.
2. �Is it even possible that the virtuous Savelich visited a
prostitute?�
By no means  Savelich spoke about very direct and precise  things. I agree 
that  Pushkin�s prose is based on deep  and profound ideas.  His  writing 
style,which is, according to Eichenbaum and Zochenko(see the latter�s 
foreword to his stylization on Belkin�s Tales)was stylistically   far from 
the mainstream of Russian literature and close to the Roman prose, e.g. 
Julius Ceaesar� s  writings.
                             I believe your translation of The Captain�s 
Daughter Will be very successful and truly great as Life and Fate was and is



Regards,

Vladimir Shatsev

Language and Drama Teacher

Russian House Community Centre www.russianhouse.ca

Phone.: 416-236-5563
Cell : 416-333-1840

Email: vladimir.shatsev at russianhouse.ca




>From: Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
>Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list              
><SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>Subject: [SEELANGS] Kapitanskaya dochka translation question: ������ ���  
>�� ��� ��������  ������.
>Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 07:36:00 +0000
>
>  Dear Polina,
>
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>���
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>�����������  ������.   ��  �������  �������  �������   ��������.
>
>I had always assumed that �ego� in �umolyal ego� referred to Pugachov.  But
>a Russian friend has suggested it refers to �krest�, that the priest is as
>if pleading with the cross itself.  Do you agree?  Previous translators do
>not, but that does not mean a great deal...
>
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>
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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Sat Dec  9 06:48:51 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 06:48:51 +0000
Subject: Kapitanskaya dochka continued
Message-ID: <SAT.9.DEC.2006.064851.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Musya,

Thank you for your message!

 Но с 
другой стороны, нигде больше в повести не упоминается о
подобных наклонностях Савельича.
Yes, thank you!  This is important.  All the more so because so many tiny
details ARE repeated, one way or another, as the story progresses.

I also sent my questions to an email discussion group, SEELANGS.  There were
quite a number of answers.  This is what I have just written in reply:

Opinions were divided on my question about Pugachov and the Cross.  I have
decided to go along with those who considered that Pushkin’s grammatical
ambiguity is intentional, that the priest is trying to have it both ways.
My present version is as follows:
“Father Gerasim, pale and trembling, was standing nearby.  There was a
crucifix in his hands, and he looked as if he were interceding silently on
behalf of those about to be sacrificed.  A gallows was being quickly erected
in the square.”  

As for Savelich, nearly everyone agreed that ‘dyachikha’ should be taken
literally.  At present I have.  But Savelich’s folksy speech is hard to
reproduce.  If anyone has any further suggestions, I’ll be grateful!
 ‘Dear master! It’s myself I’m angry with – it was all my fault.  What on
earth made me leave you alone in the inn?  The Devil must have been at my
elbow.  I took it into my head to visit an old friend, the wife of the
sexton. (??) Yes – too much prattle, you’ll hear jail keys rattle. It’s a
bad business! Whatever are the master and mistress going to think of me now?
Whatever are they going to say when they hear that their child’s learned to
drink and to gamble?’


Love,

R.

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Sat Dec  9 06:32:18 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 06:32:18 +0000
Subject: Kapitanskaya dochka continued
Message-ID: <SAT.9.DEC.2006.063218.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear all,

Many, many thanks to everyone who has replied to me, on-list or off-list.

Opinions were divided on my question about Pugachov and the Cross.  I have
decided to go along with those who considered that Pushkin¹s grammatical
ambiguity is intentional, that the priest is trying to have it both ways.
My present version (with especial thanks to Olga Meerson) is as follows:
³Father Gerasim, pale and trembling, was standing nearby.  There was a
crucifix in his hands, and he looked as if he were interceding silently on
behalf of those about to be sacrificed.  A gallows was being quickly erected
in the square.²  

As for Savelich, nearly everyone agreed that Œdyachikha¹ should be taken
literally.  AT present I have.  But Savelich¹s folksy speech is hard to
reproduce.  If anyone has any further suggestions, I¹ll be grateful!
 ŒDear master! It¹s myself I¹m angry with ­ it was all my fault.  What on
earth made me leave you alone in the inn?  The Devil must have been at my
elbow.  I took it into my head to visit an old friend, the wife of the
sexton. (??) Yes ­ too much prattle, you¹ll hear jail keys rattle. It¹s a
bad business! Whatever are the master and mistress going to think of me now?
Whatever are they going to say when they hear that their child¹s learned to
drink and to gamble?¹

Da zdravstvuet SEELANGS!

R.

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Sat Dec  9 06:35:12 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 06:35:12 +0000
Subject: Kapitanskaya dochka translation question:
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Dear Vladimir,

Thanks for this - I have just posted my full answer to SEELANGS.

Let me take the opportunity to say that on Feb 2 I shall be taking part in a
translation seminar at Toronto University, and on Feb 3 in a "Lady Macbeth
of Mtsensk" day at Toronto Opera House.  I very much hope that we will have
a chance to meet!

Best Wishes,

Robert




> Dear Robert,
> 
> Your ideas and implications show how bright  a translator you are, however∑
> I do hope you will pay  attention to  my immediate reaction to your too
> thoughtful suggestions about Pushkin‚s prose,the prose which is too clear
> and  exact to be ambiguous.
> 1. You and other translators were absolutely right in  assuming that Father
> Gerasim begged Pugachev,but not to ∑the cross(?) in his own hand.
> 2. „Is it even possible that the virtuous Savelich visited a
> prostitute?‰
> By no means  Savelich spoke about very direct and precise  things. I agree
> that  Pushkin‚s prose is based on deep  and profound ideas.  His  writing
> style,which is, according to Eichenbaum and Zochenko(see the latter‚s
> foreword to his stylization on Belkin‚s Tales)was stylistically   far from
> the mainstream of Russian literature and close to the Roman prose, e.g.
> Julius Ceaesar‚ s  writings.
>                              I believe your translation of The Captain‚s
> Daughter Will be very successful and truly great as Life and Fate was and is
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vladimir Shatsev
> 
> Language and Drama Teacher
> 
> Russian House Community Centre www.russianhouse.ca
> 
> Phone.: 416-236-5563
> Cell : 416-333-1840
> 
> Email: vladimir.shatsev at russianhouse.ca
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> From: Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
>> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
>> <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
>> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] Kapitanskaya dochka translation question: óìîëÿë åãî
>> çà ï›å äñòîÿùèå  æå›òâû.
>> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 07:36:00 +0000
>> 
>>  Dear Polina,
>> 
>>     Ïóãà÷åâ  ñèäåë â ê›åñëàõ íà ê›ûëüöå  êîìåíäàíòñêîãî  äîìà. Íà  íåì
>> áûë
>> ê›àñíûé êàçàöêèé êàôòàí,  îáøèòûé ãàëóíàìè. Âûñîêàÿ ñîáîëüÿ øàïêà ñ
>> çîëîòûìè
>> êèñòÿìè  áûëà  íàäâèíóòà  íà åãî ñâå›êàflùèå ãëàçà. Ëèöî åãî  ïîêàçàëîñü ìíå
>> çíàêîìî. Êàçàöêèå ñòà›øèíû îê›óæàëè åãî. Îòåö Ãå›àñèì,  áëåäíûé è ä›îæàùèé,
>> ñòîÿë  ó ê›ûëüöà,  ñ ê›åñòîì â  ›óêàõ,  è,  êàçàëîñü, ìîë÷à óìîëÿë åãî  çà
>> ï›åäñòîÿùèå  æå›òâû.   Íà  ïëîùàäè  ñòàâèëè  íàñêî›î   âèñåëèöó.
>> 
>> I had always assumed that Œego‚ in Œumolyal ego‚ referred to Pugachov.  But
>> a Russian friend has suggested it refers to Œkrest‚, that the priest is as
>> if pleading with the cross itself.  Do you agree?  Previous translators do
>> not, but that does not mean a great deal...
>> 
>> Âñåãî äîá›îãî,
>> 
>> ‹.
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From kalbouss at MAC.COM  Sat Dec  9 13:59:21 2006
From: kalbouss at MAC.COM (George Kalbouss)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 08:59:21 -0500
Subject: Khlopushki i bengal'skie ogni?
In-Reply-To: <224593.60879.qm@web86208.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <SAT.9.DEC.2006.085921.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

My parents were immigrants from pre-revolutionary Russia, and what I  
recall about these terms, as
they explained them to me were:

(l) khlopushki, weren't really firecrackers, they were more like  
"noisemakers,'  you pulled a little
paper tab and they would make a small explosive noise,  maybe a cap was  
inside.

(2) bengal'skie ogni were small pieces of paper that were saturated  
with some chemicals, probably
the formula mentioned in Google, which when rubbed together would  
ignite, emit a bright flame,
and then immediately extinguish themselves.  It would appear as if the  
flames came out of your
fingers.  The flame would be out by the time it reached the floor.   
Magicians used them a lot in the beginnings or
finales of their acts.  I always wondered if the flames were hot, my  
parents would tell me that they were
not.  Perhaps these pieces of paper were just one example of  
bengal'skie ogni, and there were others.

George Kalbouss
The Ohio State University
kalbouss at mac.com

On Dec 8, 2006, at 1:01 PM, Anna Reid wrote:

> English Victorian novels sometimes mention 'Bengal lights', meaning a  
> sort of firework, and the dictionary has a 'bengal light' as a 'steady  
> bright blue light, formerly used for signalling, now as a firework.'  
> Google the term and you get a chemical recipe for one! The phrase  
> might have taken on a slightly different meaning in Russian of course.
>
> Emily Saunders <emilka at MAC.COM> wrote:  I believe that khlopushki are  
> Christmas crackers and bengal'skie ogni
> are sparklers. Fireworks on a large scale civic level are fejerverki
> ÆÅÊÅÒ×ÅÒËÉ or salyut ÓÁÌÀÔ. I've forgotten what you call the roman
> candle like things that people shoot off their balconies on New Year's.
>
> Emily Saunders
>
> On Dec 6, 2006, at 7:04 AM, Peter Scotto wrote:
>
>> Are Russian "khlopushki" like good-old American "firecrackers," or are
>> they your more sedate (but more amusing) English-style "Christmas
>> crackers"?
>>
>> What about "bengal'skie ogni" like the "sparklers" we let the little
>> kids play with?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Peter Scotto
>> Mount Holyoke College
>> pscotto at mtholyoke.edu
>>
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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Sat Dec  9 14:11:55 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 14:11:55 +0000
Subject: RFE/RL Job Listing
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Subject: RFE/RL Job Listing
From: Donald Jensen (JensenD at rferl.org)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006

RFE/RL is seeking an articulate, energetic Media 
Affairs Specialist as an integral part of the 
Communications Division , to participate in all 
aspects of outreach to internal and external 
audiences, including policymakers, media, 
academia, and NGOs in the U.S. and 
abroad.  Responsibilities include, but are not 
limited to, working closely with the 
Communications Outreach staff in Washington, DC 
and Prague to develop outreach strategies for 
events and promotion of publications, staff 
projects, and RFE/RL as a whole.  Incumbent will 
draft press releases, briefing reports and media 
advisories; will provide editing support for 
Communications Division publications; and will 
develop lists of key audiences.  Will coordinate 
with Outreach program staff to execute briefings 
and other special events, among other 
tasks.  Incumbent will also serve as a contact 
for external informational inquiries about RFE/RL 
and its mission, and for internal staff inquiries 
on Communications Division work.  Will ensure 
that media, Congress, and communications lists 
are updated regularly.  Working with 
Communications Outreach staff on design, 
production, and editing of institutional 
materials and signage. In charge of posting event 
pages for pre- and post-publicity 
purposes.  Reports to the Associate Director of Communications Division.

Qualifications include:  University degree in 
Communications or Journalism; demonstrated skill 
and experience at public relations writing, 
content placement and editing a definite plus; 
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From kthresher at RMWC.EDU  Sat Dec  9 21:39:23 2006
From: kthresher at RMWC.EDU (Klawa Thresher)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 16:39:23 -0500
Subject: The Siege of Leningrad reflected in literature
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Dear Colleagues,

 

Thank you to all of you who wrote with suggestions on this topic.  Since
I got about as many requests to share this information as I got
suggestions, I am forwarding the comments I received.

 

With best wishes for a wonderful holiday season,

Klawa Thresher

 

Cynthia Simmons book, "Writing the Siege of Leningrad"?  It contains
diaries mostly, but really interesting.  And, I think it would be
accessible for the students.

 

ra Inber's journal is a wonderful, immediate account of the seige - I
team-taught a course on St. Petersburg/Leningrad during a fall semester
there (taught together with a colleague in music) - we used extensive
excerpts from Inber's book.  Unfortunately I think it may be out of
print...

 

Lidiya Ginzburg, Blockade Diary

 

"Through the Burning Steppe" by Elena Kozhina is initially set during
the siege. It is an excellent memoir.

 

Lidiia Ginzburg's memoirs, well and Olga Berggolts too, though I don't
know how much of Berggolts is available in translation)

 

I have one suggestion--a 2001 novel called "The Siege" written by Helen
Dunmore.  Though she's English, she clearly has extensive background in
Russian historical and literary culture.  Many of the translations of
Russian poetry she uses are her own and she includes a brief
bibliography, mainly historical references and memoirs, in the
afterward.

 

I don't know if this will work for your needs, but you might like
Harrison Salisbury's The 900 Days;  it is in English but not written by
a Russian.  It's a long book but a good one, I think--history
conversationally told.  You might be able to use parts of it rather than
the whole thing.

 


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From condee at PITT.EDU  Sat Dec  9 18:56:21 2006
From: condee at PITT.EDU (N. Condee)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 13:56:21 -0500
Subject: shtirlits again
In-Reply-To: <254762.16360.qm@web30412.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <SAT.9.DEC.2006.135621.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

<<a good academic take on this phenomenon somewhere out there?>>

Seth Graham (our University of Pittsburgh PhD) wrote an excellent
dissertation on Soviet anekdoty, including the Shtirlits series.  He is at
University College London and can be reached at sethbgraham at gmail.com.

Prof. Nancy Condee, Director
Graduate Program for Cultural Studies
2204 Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-624-7232
 


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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Nina Shevchuk
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 10:29 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] shtirlits again


Dear Seelang'ers:
  I am writing a paper on translatability of humor (or lack thereof) and,
inevitably, I ended up discussing Shtirlitz jokes. A while ago on this
listserv there was a reference to these jokes and possible plans of making a
website dedicated to them. If Dr. Allison, the author of the post, is still
interested, perhaps we could discuss this topic off list? Also, is there a
good academic take on this phenomenon somewhere out there? In English or
Russian? Connected to the topic of humor translation I found a curious
article: 
  Christina Marinetti, "The Limits of the Play Text: Translating Comedy",
New Voices in Translation Studies 1 (2005).
   
  Best regards,
  Nina Shevchuk-Murray

 
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From rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU  Sat Dec  9 22:12:36 2006
From: rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU (Robert A. Rothstein)
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 17:12:36 -0500
Subject: Russian folklore/fairytale expertise needed
In-Reply-To: <BAY122-F231E08669065D20E196783ADDB0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <SAT.9.DEC.2006.171236.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Andrew Kaufman wrote:

> In his biography on Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky compares the relations 
> between Tolstoy and God to the  legend of "two bears in one den."
>
> Can somebody identify which fairy tale or other cultural legend that 
> reference comes from?
>
    The reference is to a proverb cited, for example, by Vladimir Dal' 
in his dictionary: Dva medvedia v odnoi berloge ne uzhivutsia (or: ne 
zhivut).  It also exists in German in at least three variants:
        Zwei Bären haben keinen Platz in einer Höhle.
        Zwei Bären in einer Höhle vertragen sich nicht.
        Zwei Bären in einer Höhle: das kann nicht gut ausgehen.

Bob Rothstein

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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Sun Dec 10 09:22:46 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:22:46 +0000
Subject: Dunmore's THE SIEGE
In-Reply-To: <6E497ADB607656479C24E6D7BF6B505A06EAECA1@exchange.rmwc.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.092246.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Klawa Thresher,

Somebody advised you on Dunmore's book as follows:

"I have one suggestion--a 2001 novel called "The Siege" written by Helen
Dunmore.  Though she's English, she clearly has extensive background in
Russian historical and literary culture.  Many of the translations of
Russian poetry she uses are her own and she includes a brief
bibliography, mainly historical references and memoirs, in the
afterward."

Please note that this New Zealand author has a very wild imagination and the
book is not a historical account of the real events. It is a work of fiction
which contains one astonishing mistake which shows that she was sloppy regards
facts: the author depicts Akhmatova in Leningrad during the seige!!!... It
gives her an opportunity to insert her own translations of Akhmatova's poetry
(in my view they are dreadful). It is a well known fact that Akhmatova was
evacuated to Tashkent during this period (she wrote many beautiful poems in
Tashkent). 
As for Olga Berggolts, you might wish to consult Katherine Hodgson's book on
Berggolts (it was published last year). The author gives some poems in her own
translation. Katherine Hodgson (University of Exeter, UK) worked on Berggolts
for the last twenty years, interviewed her sister and consulted lots of
archival materials in ST Petersburg. Her information is trustworthy and
accurate.

All best,

Alexanndra Smith

Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian, 
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
University of Sheffield, UK.

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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Sun Dec 10 10:19:15 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:19:15 +0000
Subject: Dunmore
In-Reply-To: <1165742566.457bd1e64c249@webmail.shef.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.101915.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Klawa Thresher,

Sorry, my mistake: Dunmore is from Bristol, UK, not New Zealand.

Alexandra Smith

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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Sun Dec 10 16:54:14 2006
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Valentino, Russell)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:54:14 -0600
Subject: eXchanges
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.105414.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The editors of eXchanges Journal of Literary Translation have asked me to notify SEELANGS that the journal's Fall 2006 issue ("Bread and Circuses") is now available -- http://www.uiowa.edu/~xchanges/ <https://email.uiowa.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.uiowa.edu/~xchanges/> .
 
SEELANGS readers will find two "SEE" contributions in the current issue, one translated by Andrea Németh-Newhauser from the Hungarian of Ervin Lázár, the other translated by Nina Shevchuk-Murray from the Ukrainian of Yury Andrukhovych.
 
Submissions for the Spring 2007 issue ("Sweet and Sour") will be accepted through January 15. Guidelines are available on the website.
 
 
Russell Valentino
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Faculty Associate Director
Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
319.353.2193 (Russian)
319.335.4034 (OCAS)

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From vladimir.alexandrov at YALE.EDU  Sun Dec 10 18:10:04 2006
From: vladimir.alexandrov at YALE.EDU (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vladimir_Alexandrov?=)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:10:04 -0500
Subject: Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.131004.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues, 

I would be most grateful for references to any information about Fyodor
Fyodorovich Tomas, the Black American who owned the restaurant/cabaret
“Maksim” and managed the “Akvarium” theater/entertainment park in
pre-Revolutionary Moscow, and owned the restaurants/cabarets “Stella” and
“Maxim” in Istanbul circa 1919-1925.  

I would also be grateful for any information about several people who knew
Tomas in Istanbul:  “S. N. Krotkov,” a guitarist who performed in Tomas’
establishments in the early 1920s before moving to Paris in 1926 and then to
the United States in 1957 (this is possibly the same “Sergei Krotkoff” who
accompanied “Marusia” on two “Russian Gypsy Songs” LPs published by Monitor
Records circa 1960s); “S. F. Arzamanov,” who lived in Istanbul from
approximately 1920-1950; and “D. Dolinin,” ballet dancer and choreographer
in Istanbul circa 1923.

Please reply off-list to vladimir.alexandrov at yale.edu

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Vladimir Alexandrov
Slavic Department
Yale University

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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Sun Dec 10 18:26:37 2006
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Valentino, Russell)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:26:37 -0600
Subject: FW: [SEELANGS] eXchanges
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.122637.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The additional address in my previous post is a dead end. If it gets added again when I post this time, interested parties should simply do a search for "exchanges translation iowa," and you'll find the site.

________________________________

From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list on behalf of Valentino, Russell
Sent: Sun 12/10/2006 10:54 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] eXchanges



The editors of eXchanges Journal of Literary Translation have asked me to notify SEELANGS that the journal's Fall 2006 issue ("Bread and Circuses") is now available -- http://www.uiowa.edu/~xchanges/ 

SEELANGS readers will find two "SEE" contributions in the current issue, one translated by Andrea Németh-Newhauser from the Hungarian of Ervin Lázár, the other translated by Nina Shevchuk-Murray from the Ukrainian of Yury Andrukhovych.

Submissions for the Spring 2007 issue ("Sweet and Sour") will be accepted through January 15. Guidelines are available on the website.


Russell Valentino
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Faculty Associate Director
Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
319.353.2193 (Russian)
319.335.4034 (OCAS)

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From frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU  Sun Dec 10 19:33:58 2006
From: frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU (Francoise Rosset)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:33:58 -0500
Subject: Snegurochka (Ostrovskii, R-K)
In-Reply-To: <183294552478444386C2B6B95D597E0507D74F40@IOWAEVS02.iowa.uiowa.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.143358.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear musical and dramatic SEELangers:

Does anyone know how to find a video version of
"Snegurochka"? -- but I'm looking for the opera
Rimskii-Korsakov version of the Ostrovskii play,
like this performance:
http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/opera/spectacle/sneg_new

There is a video put out by R.U.S.C.I.C.O, but I believe that
is the fairy-tale version and not an opera (am I wrong?).
I'm not looking for the ballet either, unless someone
can recommend an exceptional version on video.

I have looked for a while. Even at allaboutopera.com,
the only thing I could find was a CD of the correct
version. Their DVD link is to the fairy tale.

As long as we're on this, has anyone ever tried to recreate
the version done at Abramtsevo?

I'd be very grateful for any help. This is for a course on
Russian drama in English, and we'll do a few ballets and
operas -- so any suggestions on that score are most welcome.
I have plenty of visual art material from my current art class,
so I'm now looking for music and video.

Spasibo ogromnoe,
-FR

Francoise Rosset
Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
Office: (508) 285-3696
FAX:   (508) 286-3640

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From karen.vickery at NIDA.EDU.AU  Sun Dec 10 21:54:07 2006
From: karen.vickery at NIDA.EDU.AU (Karen Vickery)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:54:07 +1100
Subject: Snegurochka (Ostrovskii, R-K)
In-Reply-To: A<web-8687644@wheatonma.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.085407.1100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Francoise,
You are right, the RUSCICO Dvd is of the Ostrovsky play, not the Opera.
I'm sorry I cannot help you with the opera, but there is one other
Ostrovsky play on DVD at RUSCICO, called "A Cruel Romance" and based on
"Without a Dowry".  This is the Russian film, but you can watch it
dubbed into English or with subtitles, which is my preference.  Of
course, there are many versions of Chekhov in English which are
available - one of the best being "Vanya on 42nd Street".  Good luck
with the operas. 
Regards, Karen  

Karen Vickery
Head of History of Theatre & General Studies
National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
tel 61 2 96977600 / fax 61 2 9662 7415
post: nida unsw sydney 2052
street: 215 anzac parade kensington 2033
 
SUMMER at NIDA
11 December - 28 January
short courses for all ages in theatre / film / TV
www.nida.edu.au
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Francoise Rosset
Sent: Monday, 11 December 2006 6:34 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Snegurochka (Ostrovskii, R-K)

Dear musical and dramatic SEELangers:

Does anyone know how to find a video version of
"Snegurochka"? -- but I'm looking for the opera
Rimskii-Korsakov version of the Ostrovskii play,
like this performance:
http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/opera/spectacle/sneg_new

There is a video put out by R.U.S.C.I.C.O, but I believe that
is the fairy-tale version and not an opera (am I wrong?).
I'm not looking for the ballet either, unless someone
can recommend an exceptional version on video.

I have looked for a while. Even at allaboutopera.com,
the only thing I could find was a CD of the correct
version. Their DVD link is to the fairy tale.

As long as we're on this, has anyone ever tried to recreate
the version done at Abramtsevo?

I'd be very grateful for any help. This is for a course on
Russian drama in English, and we'll do a few ballets and
operas -- so any suggestions on that score are most welcome.
I have plenty of visual art material from my current art class,
so I'm now looking for music and video.

Spasibo ogromnoe,
-FR

Francoise Rosset
Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
Office: (508) 285-3696
FAX:   (508) 286-3640

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Sun Dec 10 22:05:55 2006
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:05:55 -0500
Subject: Snegurochka (Ostrovskii, R-K)
In-Reply-To: <F0843F1BE149C24DBE94AADC3F26B22A22FBD4@ms2.nida.local>
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.170555.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Here's the opera: http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp? 
sku=33994 for $29.99.
Alina


On Dec 10, 2006, at 4:54 PM, Karen Vickery wrote:

> Dear Francoise,
> You are right, the RUSCICO Dvd is of the Ostrovsky play, not the  
> Opera.
> I'm sorry I cannot help you with the opera, but there is one other
> Ostrovsky play on DVD at RUSCICO, called "A Cruel Romance" and  
> based on
> "Without a Dowry".  This is the Russian film, but you can watch it
> dubbed into English or with subtitles, which is my preference.  Of
> course, there are many versions of Chekhov in English which are
> available - one of the best being "Vanya on 42nd Street".  Good luck
> with the operas.
> Regards, Karen
>
> Karen Vickery
> Head of History of Theatre & General Studies
> National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
> tel 61 2 96977600 / fax 61 2 9662 7415
> post: nida unsw sydney 2052
> street: 215 anzac parade kensington 2033
>
> SUMMER at NIDA
> 11 December - 28 January
> short courses for all ages in theatre / film / TV
> www.nida.edu.au
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Francoise Rosset
> Sent: Monday, 11 December 2006 6:34 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Snegurochka (Ostrovskii, R-K)
>
> Dear musical and dramatic SEELangers:
>
> Does anyone know how to find a video version of
> "Snegurochka"? -- but I'm looking for the opera
> Rimskii-Korsakov version of the Ostrovskii play,
> like this performance:
> http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/opera/spectacle/sneg_new
>
> There is a video put out by R.U.S.C.I.C.O, but I believe that
> is the fairy-tale version and not an opera (am I wrong?).
> I'm not looking for the ballet either, unless someone
> can recommend an exceptional version on video.
>
> I have looked for a while. Even at allaboutopera.com,
> the only thing I could find was a CD of the correct
> version. Their DVD link is to the fairy tale.
>
> As long as we're on this, has anyone ever tried to recreate
> the version done at Abramtsevo?
>
> I'd be very grateful for any help. This is for a course on
> Russian drama in English, and we'll do a few ballets and
> operas -- so any suggestions on that score are most welcome.
> I have plenty of visual art material from my current art class,
> so I'm now looking for music and video.
>
> Spasibo ogromnoe,
> -FR
>
> Francoise Rosset
> Russian and Russian Studies
> Coordinator, German and Russian
> Wheaton College
> Norton, Massachusetts 02766
> Office: (508) 285-3696
> FAX:   (508) 286-3640
>
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From michael.pushkin at BTOPENWORLD.COM  Sun Dec 10 22:55:03 2006
From: michael.pushkin at BTOPENWORLD.COM (michael.pushkin)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:55:03 -0000
Subject: I Grekova
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.225503.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers,

Does anyone know of a translation into English of I Grekova's 'Na
ispytaniyakh'? If so, is it still available?

Many thanks.

Yours,

Mike Pushkin
CREES
ERI
University of Birmingham
UK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alina Israeli" <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Snegurochka (Ostrovskii, R-K)


> Here's the opera: http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?
> sku=33994 for $29.99.
> Alina
>
>
> On Dec 10, 2006, at 4:54 PM, Karen Vickery wrote:
>
> > Dear Francoise,
> > You are right, the RUSCICO Dvd is of the Ostrovsky play, not the
> > Opera.
> > I'm sorry I cannot help you with the opera, but there is one other
> > Ostrovsky play on DVD at RUSCICO, called "A Cruel Romance" and
> > based on
> > "Without a Dowry".  This is the Russian film, but you can watch it
> > dubbed into English or with subtitles, which is my preference.  Of
> > course, there are many versions of Chekhov in English which are
> > available - one of the best being "Vanya on 42nd Street".  Good luck
> > with the operas.
> > Regards, Karen
> >
> > Karen Vickery
> > Head of History of Theatre & General Studies
> > National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
> > tel 61 2 96977600 / fax 61 2 9662 7415
> > post: nida unsw sydney 2052
> > street: 215 anzac parade kensington 2033
> >
> > SUMMER at NIDA
> > 11 December - 28 January
> > short courses for all ages in theatre / film / TV
> > www.nida.edu.au
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> > [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Francoise Rosset
> > Sent: Monday, 11 December 2006 6:34 AM
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> > Subject: [SEELANGS] Snegurochka (Ostrovskii, R-K)
> >
> > Dear musical and dramatic SEELangers:
> >
> > Does anyone know how to find a video version of
> > "Snegurochka"? -- but I'm looking for the opera
> > Rimskii-Korsakov version of the Ostrovskii play,
> > like this performance:
> > http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/opera/spectacle/sneg_new
> >
> > There is a video put out by R.U.S.C.I.C.O, but I believe that
> > is the fairy-tale version and not an opera (am I wrong?).
> > I'm not looking for the ballet either, unless someone
> > can recommend an exceptional version on video.
> >
> > I have looked for a while. Even at allaboutopera.com,
> > the only thing I could find was a CD of the correct
> > version. Their DVD link is to the fairy tale.
> >
> > As long as we're on this, has anyone ever tried to recreate
> > the version done at Abramtsevo?
> >
> > I'd be very grateful for any help. This is for a course on
> > Russian drama in English, and we'll do a few ballets and
> > operas -- so any suggestions on that score are most welcome.
> > I have plenty of visual art material from my current art class,
> > so I'm now looking for music and video.
> >
> > Spasibo ogromnoe,
> > -FR
> >
> > Francoise Rosset
> > Russian and Russian Studies
> > Coordinator, German and Russian
> > Wheaton College
> > Norton, Massachusetts 02766
> > Office: (508) 285-3696
> > FAX:   (508) 286-3640
> >
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From pyz at BRAMA.COM  Fri Dec  8 16:42:00 2006
From: pyz at BRAMA.COM (Max Pyziur)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:42:00 -0500
Subject: [Fwd: [SEELANGS] Wed. 12/6 Politkovskaya evening (NYC)]
In-Reply-To: <1329.64.52.52.50.1165332695.squirrel@webmail.brama.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.8.DEC.2006.114200.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I attended this event this past Wednesday.  The size of the audience was 
impressive (1000+?).  Musa Klebnikov (widow of Paul Klebnikov), Katrina 
vanden Heuvel, and David Remnick (of the New Yorker) participated.

Would anyone have any more info on Politkovskaya?  On wikipedia.org it 
shows that she was born Anna Mazepa in NYC in 1958 to Soviet Ukraine U.N. 
diplomats.

There is information on her studies (graduated in 1980 in Moscow) and then 
her more recent work but there are gaps elsewhere (married?, divorced?, 
what happened to her parents? etc).

???

Max Pyziur
pyz at brama.com



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> fyi,
>
> MP
> pyz at brama.com
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Wed. 12/6 Politkovskaya evening (NYC)
> From:    "Deborah Hoffman" <lino59 at AMERITECH.NET>
> Date:    Mon, December 4, 2006 8:57 am
> To:      SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Forgive if this has been posted already -
>
>  There will be an evening of readings from Politkovskaya's work and a
> conversation about the war in Chechnya at Poshansky Auditorium, The
> Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th St. Natalia Estemirova
> will represent the "Memorial" Human Rights Center. Event co-sponsored by
> PEN American Center, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the
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> 212-334-1660, x107
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From trubikhina at AOL.COM  Mon Dec 11 00:20:33 2006
From: trubikhina at AOL.COM (Julia Trubikhina)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:20:33 -0500
Subject: [Fwd: [SEELANGS] Wed. 12/6 Politkovskaya evening (NYC)]
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0612081132470.400@brama.com>
Message-ID: <SUN.10.DEC.2006.192033.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

 Just go to the site of Novaya gazeta. They maintain individual dossiers on their slain colleagues, as well as the most important past and on-going investigations (beslan, Nord-Ost, etc.). You can start your search from there.
 www.novayagazeta.ru    -----------------
 Julia Trubikhina
 
 Assistant Professor of Russian
 Russian Program Coordinator
 Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
 Montclair State University
 Dickson Hall, Room 138
 Montclair, NJ 07043
    
 -----Original Message-----
 From: pyz at BRAMA.COM
 To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
 Sent: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:42 AM
 Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] [Fwd: [SEELANGS] Wed. 12/6 Politkovskaya evening (NYC)]
 
  I attended this event this past Wednesday. The size of the audience was impressive (1000+?). Musa Klebnikov (widow of Paul Klebnikov), Katrina vanden Heuvel, and David Remnick (of the New Yorker) participated. 
 
 Would anyone have any more info on Politkovskaya? On wikipedia.org it shows that she was born Anna Mazepa in NYC in 1958 to Soviet Ukraine U.N. diplomats. 
 
 There is information on her studies (graduated in 1980 in Moscow) and then her more recent work but there are gaps elsewhere (married?, divorced?, what happened to her parents? etc). 
 
 ??? 
 
 Max Pyziur 
 pyz at brama.com 
 
 
 On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Max Pyziur wrote: 
 
 > fyi, 
 > 
 > MP 
 > pyz at brama.com 
 > 
 > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- 
 > Subject: [SEELANGS] Wed. 12/6 Politkovskaya evening (NYC) 
 > From: "Deborah Hoffman" <lino59 at AMERITECH.NET> 
 > Date: Mon, December 4, 2006 8:57 am 
 > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU 
 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 > 
 > Forgive if this has been posted already - 
 > 
 > There will be an evening of readings from Politkovskaya's work and a 
 > conversation about the war in Chechnya at Poshansky Auditorium, The 
 > Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th St. Natalia Estemirova 
 > will represent the "Memorial" Human Rights Center. Event co-sponsored by 
 > PEN American Center, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the 
 > Center for the Humanities at CUNY. Time 7-8:30 pm. For more details call 
 > 212-334-1660, x107 
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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Mon Dec 11 06:16:15 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:16:15 +0000
Subject: Pugachov's proclamation
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.061615.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

And another question:

 Воззвание (Пугачева) написано было в грубых, но сильных выражениях, и
должно было произвести опасное впечатление на умы простых людей.

Is my translation correct?
We assembled again.  In the presence of his wife, Ivan Kuzmich read out
Pugachov’s proclamation, evidently written by some semi-literate Cossack.
The bandit declared his intention of marching at once against our fortress;
he invited the Cossacks and soldiers to join his band and counselled the
officers not to resist, on pain of death.  The proclamation was written in
crude but forceful language and must have made a dangerous impression on the
minds of simple people.

Or is the meaning of the underlined words ( dolzhno bylo proizvesti )
slightly different?  Is it more that this language was intended  to have a
powerful effect on the minds of simple people?

R.

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From n_shevchuk at YAHOO.COM  Mon Dec 11 09:35:25 2006
From: n_shevchuk at YAHOO.COM (Nina Shevchuk)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:35:25 -0800
Subject: shtirlits again
In-Reply-To: <028301c71bc3$baf3a1d0$6400a8c0@modernity>
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.013525.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Thank you, Dr. Condee.
  To everyone who's interested in reading Dr. Graham's exhaustive dissertation on Russian jokes, I am happy to say that it is available in pdf format from the University of Pittsburg libraries. You have to look for a link to Electronic Theses and Dissertations, and then you can read the whole text.
  Best,
   
  NSM

"N. Condee" <condee at PITT.EDU> wrote:
  <>

Seth Graham (our University of Pittsburgh PhD) wrote an excellent
dissertation on Soviet anekdoty, including the Shtirlits series. He is at
University College London and can be reached at sethbgraham at gmail.com.

Prof. Nancy Condee, Director
Graduate Program for Cultural Studies
2204 Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-624-7232



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From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Nina Shevchuk
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 10:29 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] shtirlits again


Dear Seelang'ers:
I am writing a paper on translatability of humor (or lack thereof) and,
inevitably, I ended up discussing Shtirlitz jokes. A while ago on this
listserv there was a reference to these jokes and possible plans of making a
website dedicated to them. If Dr. Allison, the author of the post, is still
interested, perhaps we could discuss this topic off list? Also, is there a
good academic take on this phenomenon somewhere out there? In English or
Russian? Connected to the topic of humor translation I found a curious
article: 
Christina Marinetti, "The Limits of the Play Text: Translating Comedy",
New Voices in Translation Studies 1 (2005).

Best regards,
Nina Shevchuk-Murray


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From aboguslawski at ROLLINS.EDU  Mon Dec 11 13:22:29 2006
From: aboguslawski at ROLLINS.EDU (Alexander Boguslawski)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:22:29 -0500
Subject: Pugachov's proclamation
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.082229.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Robert,
I definitely lean towards the second variant -- was supposed to instill fear in the minds of the simple people. 
Alexander Boguslawski

>>> Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> 12/11/06 1:16 AM >>>
And another question:

 Воззвание (Пугачева) написано было в грубых, но сильных выражениях, и
должно было произвести опасное впечатление на умы простых людей.

Is my translation correct?
We assembled again.  In the presence of his wife, Ivan Kuzmich read out
Pugachov’s proclamation, evidently written by some semi-literate Cossack.
The bandit declared his intention of marching at once against our fortress;
he invited the Cossacks and soldiers to join his band and counselled the
officers not to resist, on pain of death.  The proclamation was written in
crude but forceful language and must have made a dangerous impression on the
minds of simple people.

Or is the meaning of the underlined words ( dolzhno bylo proizvesti )
slightly different?  Is it more that this language was intended  to have a
powerful effect on the minds of simple people?

R.

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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:16:40 -0500
Subject: "Disc: Job Opening at American Councils"
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From s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU  Mon Dec 11 17:40:54 2006
From: s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU (Prof Steven P Hill)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:40:54 -0600
Subject: Soviet writer Babaevskii
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.114054.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues:

Does anyone out there know whether SEMEN PETROVICH BABAEVSKII 
(a.k.a. Babayevsky, 1909- , author of the infamous "Kavaler zolotoi 
zvezdy") is still living?  

Since he probably is not, does anyone know in what year he died?

Gratefully,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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From dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU  Mon Dec 11 18:34:31 2006
From: dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU (Edward M Dumanis)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:34:31 -0500
Subject: Pugachov's proclamation
In-Reply-To: <C1A2A82F.9BF0%kcf19@dial.pipex.com>
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.133431.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Robert Chandler wrote:

> And another question:
> 
>  ��������� (��������) �������� ���� � ������, �� ������� ����������, �
> ������ ���� ���������� ������� ����������� �� ��� ������� �����.
> 
> Is my translation correct?
> We assembled again.  In the presence of his wife, Ivan Kuzmich read out
> Pugachov�s proclamation, evidently written by some semi-literate Cossack.
> The bandit declared his intention of marching at once against our fortress;
> he invited the Cossacks and soldiers to join his band and counselled the
> officers not to resist, on pain of death.  The proclamation was written in
> crude but forceful language and must have made a dangerous impression on the
> minds of simple people.
> 
> Or is the meaning of the underlined words ( dolzhno bylo proizvesti )
> slightly different?  Is it more that this language was intended  to have a
> powerful effect on the minds of simple people?
> 
> R.
> 
The original meaning is the latter one. Otherwise, Pushkin would have
written it as "dolzhno byt' proizvodilo" or "dolzhno byt' proizvelo."

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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From caron.4 at OSU.EDU  Mon Dec 11 19:18:59 2006
From: caron.4 at OSU.EDU (Inna Caron)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:18:59 -0500
Subject: FW: translation query
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.141859.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

From: Ekaterina Sorokina [mailto:katerina_sorokina.umnitsa at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 5:01 AM
 Subject: translation query
 
Hello,
I'm looking for a Russian-English translator. I need to translate an
educational guide book for parents with small children. I need a
translator to satisfy the following requirements: the person should be a
native English speaker and currently live in the US, should have a
teaching education and some reference to literature, and should have
small children or have some reference to them.
I attach a small test translation to check your competence. These are 2
small children rhymes: one in Russian and one in English (324 signs).
Please translate them rhyming.  Please also send me the price for the
guide book (no rhymes, 65 pages, A6 format). If you are interested in my
offer please contact me. If not, could you please forward this message
to someone who may do it.
Best regards,
 
Ekaterina Sorokina
Project manager,
Umnitsa Co.
office 533, 185, Tchaykovskogo st.
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Tel, Fax +7 (351) 797-2240
katerina_sorokina.umnitsa at yahoo.com 
 
1. ЕЖИКИ СМЕЮТСЯ
У канавки
Две козявки
Продают ежам булавки.

А ежи-то хохотать!
Всё не могут перестать:
"Эх вы, глупые козявки!
Нам не надобны булавки:
Мы булавками сами утыканы".
 
2. The itsy bitsy spider
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Our came the sun and dried up all the rain,
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.  
 
  _____  

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Mon Dec 11 20:09:15 2006
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:09:15 -0500
Subject: Soviet writer Babaevskii
In-Reply-To: <20061211114054.AGF33083@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.150915.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Apparently he died in 2000. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0% 
D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC% 
D1%91%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87

On Dec 11, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Prof Steven P Hill wrote:

> Dear colleagues:
>
> Does anyone out there know whether SEMEN PETROVICH BABAEVSKII
> (a.k.a. Babayevsky, 1909- , author of the infamous "Kavaler zolotoi
> zvezdy") is still living?
>
> Since he probably is not, does anyone know in what year he died?
>
> Gratefully,
> Steven P Hill,
> University of Illinois.
> __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ __
>
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From ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET  Mon Dec 11 20:50:03 2006
From: ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET (Jules Levin)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:50:03 -0800
Subject: web sites query
In-Reply-To: <20061211114054.AGF33083@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.125003.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I am looking for Russian websites that will offer relatively short 
(1-3 pp) essays on scientific, historical, sociological
topics aimed at the more or less educated layperson.  I have in mind 
a Russian equivalent of the Arts and Letters Daily
website.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Jules Levin 

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Mon Dec 11 20:34:41 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:34:41 +0000
Subject: Pugachov's proclamation
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10612111329550.13674-100000@callisto.acsu.buffalo.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.203441.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

My thanks to everyone who has responded to my query about the effects of
Pugachov's proclamation on the minds of simple people?  This time, at least,
everyone is agreed.
 dolzhno bylo proizvesti: it was intended  to have a particular effect...

R.

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From d344630 at ER.UQAM.CA  Tue Dec 12 00:00:20 2006
From: d344630 at ER.UQAM.CA (Saskia Ouaknine)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:00:20 -0500
Subject: Soviet writer Babaevskii
In-Reply-To: <20061211114054.AGF33083@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.190020.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

According to this website (http://www.rusinst.ru/articletext.asp?rzd=1&id=5488),
he died in 2000 (25.05.1909 — 28.03.2000).

Saskia Ouaknine


Surlignage Prof Steven P Hill <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>:

> Dear colleagues:
> 
> Does anyone out there know whether SEMEN PETROVICH BABAEVSKII 
> (a.k.a. Babayevsky, 1909- , author of the infamous "Kavaler zolotoi 
> zvezdy") is still living?  
> 
> Since he probably is not, does anyone know in what year he died?
> 
> Gratefully,
> Steven P Hill,
> University of Illinois.
> __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ __ 
> 
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From sglebov at SMITH.EDU  Mon Dec 11 22:47:38 2006
From: sglebov at SMITH.EDU (Sergey Glebov)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:47:38 -0500
Subject: Ulitskaia and Pristavkin - translations
Message-ID: <MON.11.DEC.2006.174738.0500.>

Dear Colleagues,
 
a brief search on amazon failed me, so I'd like to tap the SEELANGS'
collective wisdom. Is anyone aware of English translations of Liudmila
Ulitskaia's "Kazus Kukotskogo" and Anatolii Pristavkin's "Nochevala
tuchka zolotaia..."? If they exist, are they out of print? I will be
most grateful for any leads.
Thank you! 
 
Sergey Glebov
 

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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Tue Dec 12 09:15:54 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:15:54 +0000
Subject: Distinguished Visiting Fellowships 2007-08 (Queen Mary College,
 U. of London)
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Distinguished Visiting Fellowships 2007-08
Graduate School in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Applications are invited for up to eight Distinguished Visiting Fellowships. The
Fellowships are intended to appeal to senior scholars from the UK or overseas
who wish to spend a period, for the purposes of research, in one of the most
stimulating intellectual environments in London. They have been created by the
College in response to a substantial donation from the Westfield Trust to build
on-campus residential accommodation specifically for this purpose. The
accommodation, part of a new student village, opened in September 2004.

The Fellowships are attached to the Graduate School in the Humanities and Social
Sciences, to which ten academic Schools and Departments contribute: the School
of Modern Languages (Spanish, German, French, Russian, Linguistics, Film),
English; Drama; History; Politics; Law; the Centre for Commercial Law Studies;
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92 per cent of the 200+ staff submitted were graded 5 or 5* and the Graduate
School currently has some 1,000 students following taught Masters or doctoral
research programmes.

Each Fellow will be provided with a studio or one-bedroom flat, with kitchen
facilities and private bathroom, free of charge; open-plan office space; and
access to library and other facilities of the College and University of London.
The one-bedroom flats are suitable for couples but the College regrets that it
is unable to offer accommodation for children.

Fellowships cover the period September to December 2007 or January to April
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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Tue Dec 12 10:03:31 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:03:31 +0000
Subject: Pristavkin
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Dear Professor Glebov,

I'm not sure whether my previous e-mail reached you. Just in case, if it didn't
go through, I'm repeating my reference to Pristavkin below.

The Glas/New Russian Writing Issue Number 16 titled "Childhood and Other
Stories" contains a long passage in English translation taken from Pristavkin's
book "Nochevala tuchka zolotaia".
(http://www.russianpress.com/glas/glas%2016.html). It presents it as a separate
story though. This issue contains a few more stories on Soviet childhood --
penned  by Platonov, Bitov, Ulitskaya and Gareev.
This issue can be ordered through the website mentioned above. It gives US
distributor's details as follows: 
USA and CANADA
Northwestern 
University Press
Chicago Distribution Center
11030 South Langley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628, USA
tel: 1-800-621-2736 
or (773)-702-7000
fax: 1-800-621-8476
or (773)-702-7212
pubnet at 202-5280

All best,
Alexandra Smith

Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian, 
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
University of Sheffield, UK.

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From Ona.Renner at MSO.UMT.EDU  Tue Dec 12 16:20:35 2006
From: Ona.Renner at MSO.UMT.EDU (Renner-Fahey, Ona)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:20:35 -0700
Subject: Job Opening at The University of Montana
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The Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at the
University of Montana invites applications for a tenure-track
entry-level Assistant Professor position in Russian beginning Fall 2007.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand by July 31, 2007, demonstrate
native or near-native command of Russian and English, have documentation
of excellence in teaching, and have an active research agenda. A
generalist is preferred, who is able to teach a wide variety of
undergraduate courses in language, literature and culture, who is able
and willing to take a regular turn directing study abroad experiences in
Russia, who is interested in working in an interdisciplinary fashion
with colleagues inside and outside of the Department, and who is
committed to building a strong Russian and East European Program.
Qualified applicants should send materials (a letter of interest,
current curriculum vitae, graduate transcript with proof of Ph.D.
awarded, and three current letters of reference, two of which must
address teaching ability) to Robert W. Acker, Chair, Department of
Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Montana,
Missoula, MT 59812-6192. 

Review of applications will begin on Jan. 17, 2007 and continue until
the position is filled. The Search Committee will conduct phone
interviews of the leading candidates in lieu of interviewing at AATSEEL
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an on-campus interview. The University of Montana is an EOE/Affirmative
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From dpopovic at PRINCETON.EDU  Tue Dec 12 18:05:07 2006
From: dpopovic at PRINCETON.EDU (=?windows-1252?Q?Dunja_Popovic?=)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:05:07 -0500
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
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Hi! I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
with rock music or rock musicians.  I know about Aksyonov's "The Burn," 
which is more about jazz, but I haven't run across anything about
rock specifically. Thanks for any tips you can give me!

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From maptekman at GMAIL.COM  Tue Dec 12 18:34:04 2006
From: maptekman at GMAIL.COM (Marina Aptekman)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:34:04 -0500
Subject: panel on utopia-anti-utopia at AAASS
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Hi, everyone!

I am planning a panel on Russian Utopia/Anti-utopia ( with some
particular interest in Euroasian, mystical or occult
utopia/anti-utopia, but other ideas are also very welcome) for AAASS
in New Orleans next year. If you have ideas you'd like to share with
us in a paper or maybe you want to be a discussant at such a panel,
let me know at maptekman at gmail.com

thank you!

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From greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU  Tue Dec 12 18:56:19 2006
From: greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU (Svetlana Grenier)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:56:19 -0500
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
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I don't know about fiction and perhaps you know these sources already or 
do not need them, but for what it's worth, there is a book "Puteshestvie 
rok-diletanta" (I think that is the title) by Alexander Zhitinskii (who 
also wrote fiction) in which he describes his own experiences with the 
Petersburg rock scene of the period.  Also (again, not fiction) the film 
"Vzlomshchik" deals with the topic and features Konstantin Kinchev of 
"Alisa".
And please share your responses with the list if you get any off-list!  
Thanks!

Svetlana

Dunja Popovic wrote:

>Hi! I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
>from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
>with rock music or rock musicians.  I know about Aksyonov's "The Burn," 
>which is more about jazz, but I haven't run across anything about
>rock specifically. Thanks for any tips you can give me!
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From ANTHONY.QUALIN at TTU.EDU  Tue Dec 12 22:14:45 2006
From: ANTHONY.QUALIN at TTU.EDU (Qualin, Anthony)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:14:45 -0600
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
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The character Sasha in Nina Sadur's "Chudesnye znaki spasen'ia" (1994)
is based on the rock musician Sasha Bashlachev.  I have written an
article on the topic, but haven't submitted it for publication, yet.  

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Texas Tech University
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From caron.4 at OSU.EDU  Tue Dec 12 22:43:17 2006
From: caron.4 at OSU.EDU (Inna Caron)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:43:17 -0500
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
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This might not be of very much help, but there was an unfinished novel
by Vladimir Vysotsky, "Roman o devochkakh," written in mid-70s and
featuring an autobiographic hero, Aleksandr Kuleshov. I suppose it makes
him more a bard than a rock musician, though.

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Subject: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature

Hi! I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
with rock music or rock musicians.  I know about Aksyonov's "The Burn," 
which is more about jazz, but I haven't run across anything about
rock specifically. Thanks for any tips you can give me!

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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Wed Dec 13 03:09:30 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:09:30 +0000
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
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--I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
>from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
>with rock music or rock musicians. ---

Dear Dunja,

Although your question was about fiction, you might be interested to know about
Viktor Krivulin's long poem dedicated to Kurekhin "Kontsert pamiati Kurekhina"
(1997):
http://www.vavilon.ru/texts/krivulin2a-2.html#1

All best,
Alexandra Smith

Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian, 
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
University of Sheffield, UK.

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From: HumanResources at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (HumanResources HumanResources)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:45:27 -0500
Subject: "DISC: Job Opening at American Councils for International Ed"
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Regional Coordinator / Country Director           South-Eastern Europe

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From yoffe at GWU.EDU  Wed Dec 13 15:22:19 2006
From: yoffe at GWU.EDU (Mark Yoffe)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:22:19 -0500
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
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Indeed rock music is almost untouched in Soviet period literature.
Vladimir Rekshan, former leader of one of Leningrad's earliest rock bands Sankt Peterburg touches upon rock in many of his later novels. See particularly his Kaif polnyi (1990). His earlier book Tretii zakon Niutona (1986) surprisingly almost does not touch upon rock at all.
Rock is mostly just mentioned in Soviet literature, if acknowledged at all. Aksenov, indeed is the only one who calls it by its real name, acknowledges the phenomenon, and describes related youth movements, such as hippie thing (particularly in his strangely daring for mid 70s V poiskakh zhanra). He also mentions rock in Ostrov Krym.
Yuri Trifonov mentions rock music in Predvaritel'nye itogi, but calls a rock band a "bit gruppa." And generally seems to be suspicious about the whole thing. 
Older generation of Soviet writers (excluding Aksenov) even the ones realistic or critical about the Soviet regime, still mostly viewed rock music as a "questionable" if not to say utterly negative phenomenon. Which was quite in line with Soviet official party line on the subject (expressed passionately by Kuniaev and Mikhalkov). That's why there is almost no mention of it in Soviet literature, as well as there is almost no mention of youth subcultures, counterculture and such. Even Vladimir Tendriakov, who wrote deeply about youth, shies away from the subject. As to emigre and underground writers of the period, it is another story, but still there is surprisingly almost nothing on the subject, except for Limonov's acknowledgement of his familiarity with rock music, and his professed love for it.

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> --I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
>  >from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
>  >with rock music or rock musicians. ---
>  
>  Dear Dunja,
>  
>  Although your question was about fiction, you might be interested to 
> know about
>  Viktor Krivulin's long poem dedicated to Kurekhin "Kontsert pamiati Kurekhina"
>  (1997):
>  
>  
>  All best,
>  Alexandra Smith
>  
>  Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
>  Lecturer in Russian,
>  Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
>  University of Sheffield, UK.
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From gbpeirce at UCIS.PITT.EDU  Wed Dec 13 15:33:51 2006
From: gbpeirce at UCIS.PITT.EDU (Peirce, Gina)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:33:51 -0500
Subject: Advanced Mastery Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian at University of
 Pittsburgh
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The University of Pittsburgh's Slavic & East European Summer Language
Institute announces

Advanced Mastery Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian:
Intensive Summer Language Study Abroad Course for Advanced and Heritage
Speakers
June 4 - July 13, 2007

- Improve your Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) by achieving professional
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and literary styles of BCS.
- Prepare yourself to write, translate, read, and interpret in BCS.
- Work with academic experts in the region to complete an individual
research project.
- Experience Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Belgrade as they are today.

Study for one week in Pittsburgh and a total of five weeks in Zagreb,
Sarajevo, and Belgrade.
$3,689.00 cost of 6 credits tuition and program fees (does not include
airfare; prices are subject to change).

Tuition Free for Graduate Students due to support from the American
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Open to professionals and advanced undergraduates; scholarships
available.

Application forms available at http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu. 

For more information, contact Christine Metil, Department of Slavic
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Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Phone: 412-624-5906, email: slavic at pitt.edu.

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From gbpeirce at UCIS.PITT.EDU  Wed Dec 13 15:44:09 2006
From: gbpeirce at UCIS.PITT.EDU (Peirce, Gina)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:44:09 -0500
Subject: Advanced Intensive Russian Course for Heritage Speakers,
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The University of Pittsburgh's Slavic & East European Summer Language
Institute announces

ADVANCED INTENSIVE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE COURSE FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS
at the University of Pittsburgh & Moscow State University
Dates: June 4 - July 6, 2007 in PITTSBURGH
and July 7 - August 10, 2007 in MOSCOW

Participants who are selected will receive airfare and living expenses
in Moscow through a scholarship from the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects
Abroad Program. Additional scholarships are available to cover full or
partial tuition for the
10 University of Pittsburgh credits awarded for successful completion of
the course.

Description: This course will provide both regular language instruction
and individualized tutoring and mentoring to
address heritage speakers' specific needs at all levels of language
competence. The Moscow portion of the program will
use local instructors, carefully designed cultural excursions, and other
in-country resources to expand the participants'
linguistic and cultural knowledge. Each student will complete an
individual research project using Russian-language
sources.

Who is a Russian heritage speaker? A person (born either in the U.S. or
abroad) who has grown up in the U.S. in an
informal Russian-language environment (usually at home) without
attaining full Russian language proficiency or a native
Russian's complete educational background and cultural awareness. Areas
in need of improvement may include reading
and writing in Russian, communicating in formal academic or professional
situations, etc.

Eligibility: Heritage speakers who are juniors, seniors, and graduate
students from any U.S. college or university are
eligible to apply. Current or prospective secondary school teachers of
Russian (whether heritage speakers or not) also are eligible. All
participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

How to apply? Download an application form at
http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu. Applications for the Russian Heritage
Speakers
course are due by March 22, 2007. A photocopy of your passport, which
must be valid through February 15, 2009, should
be submitted with your application.

For more information, contact Christine Metil, Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, 1417 Cathedral of
Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Phone: 412-624-5906, email: slavic at pitt.edu.

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From mlermontov at RCN.COM  Wed Dec 13 15:42:51 2006
From: mlermontov at RCN.COM (mikhail lipyanskiy)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:42:51 -0500
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.104251.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

If I may add - I think looking at the films of that time might be a better
option (if the option exists at all) if one was to look for rock
music/counterculture. I was thinking of "Assa" but I am sure there are
others.

ML
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Yoffe" <yoffe at GWU.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature


> Indeed rock music is almost untouched in Soviet period literature.
> Vladimir Rekshan, former leader of one of Leningrad's earliest rock bands
Sankt Peterburg touches upon rock in many of his later novels. See
particularly his Kaif polnyi (1990). His earlier book Tretii zakon Niutona
(1986) surprisingly almost does not touch upon rock at all.
> Rock is mostly just mentioned in Soviet literature, if acknowledged at
all. Aksenov, indeed is the only one who calls it by its real name,
acknowledges the phenomenon, and describes related youth movements, such as
hippie thing (particularly in his strangely daring for mid 70s V poiskakh
zhanra). He also mentions rock in Ostrov Krym.
> Yuri Trifonov mentions rock music in Predvaritel'nye itogi, but calls a
rock band a "bit gruppa." And generally seems to be suspicious about the
whole thing.
> Older generation of Soviet writers (excluding Aksenov) even the ones
realistic or critical about the Soviet regime, still mostly viewed rock
music as a "questionable" if not to say utterly negative phenomenon. Which
was quite in line with Soviet official party line on the subject (expressed
passionately by Kuniaev and Mikhalkov). That's why there is almost no
mention of it in Soviet literature, as well as there is almost no mention of
youth subcultures, counterculture and such. Even Vladimir Tendriakov, who
wrote deeply about youth, shies away from the subject. As to emigre and
underground writers of the period, it is another story, but still there is
surprisingly almost nothing on the subject, except for Limonov's
acknowledgement of his familiarity with rock music, and his professed love
for it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: A Smith <Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK>
> Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:09 pm
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>
>
> > --I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
> >  >from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
> >  >with rock music or rock musicians. ---
> >
> >  Dear Dunja,
> >
> >  Although your question was about fiction, you might be interested to
> > know about
> >  Viktor Krivulin's long poem dedicated to Kurekhin "Kontsert pamiati
Kurekhina"
> >  (1997):
> >
> >
> >  All best,
> >  Alexandra Smith
> >
> >  Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
> >  Lecturer in Russian,
> >  Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
> >  University of Sheffield, UK.
> >
>
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From michael.pushkin at BTOPENWORLD.COM  Wed Dec 13 16:17:10 2006
From: michael.pushkin at BTOPENWORLD.COM (michael.pushkin)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:17:10 -0000
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.161710.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Andrei Voznesensky:

'Na nashikh glazakh rok proizvel elektrogitarizatsiyu vsei strany. Cherez
elektrogitary protsess soznaniya podklyuchaetsya k mirovoi energosisteme'
(Ogonyok, 29, 13-20 July 1991, p. 10) - just about makes it into the Soviet
period!

Mike Pushkin
CREES
ERI
University of Birmingham
UK

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Yoffe" <yoffe at GWU.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature


> Indeed rock music is almost untouched in Soviet period literature.
> Vladimir Rekshan, former leader of one of Leningrad's earliest rock bands
Sankt Peterburg touches upon rock in many of his later novels. See
particularly his Kaif polnyi (1990). His earlier book Tretii zakon Niutona
(1986) surprisingly almost does not touch upon rock at all.
> Rock is mostly just mentioned in Soviet literature, if acknowledged at
all. Aksenov, indeed is the only one who calls it by its real name,
acknowledges the phenomenon, and describes related youth movements, such as
hippie thing (particularly in his strangely daring for mid 70s V poiskakh
zhanra). He also mentions rock in Ostrov Krym.
> Yuri Trifonov mentions rock music in Predvaritel'nye itogi, but calls a
rock band a "bit gruppa." And generally seems to be suspicious about the
whole thing.
> Older generation of Soviet writers (excluding Aksenov) even the ones
realistic or critical about the Soviet regime, still mostly viewed rock
music as a "questionable" if not to say utterly negative phenomenon. Which
was quite in line with Soviet official party line on the subject (expressed
passionately by Kuniaev and Mikhalkov). That's why there is almost no
mention of it in Soviet literature, as well as there is almost no mention of
youth subcultures, counterculture and such. Even Vladimir Tendriakov, who
wrote deeply about youth, shies away from the subject. As to emigre and
underground writers of the period, it is another story, but still there is
surprisingly almost nothing on the subject, except for Limonov's
acknowledgement of his familiarity with rock music, and his professed love
for it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: A Smith <Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK>
> Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:09 pm
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>
>
> > --I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
> >  >from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
> >  >with rock music or rock musicians. ---
> >
> >  Dear Dunja,
> >
> >  Although your question was about fiction, you might be interested to
> > know about
> >  Viktor Krivulin's long poem dedicated to Kurekhin "Kontsert pamiati
Kurekhina"
> >  (1997):
> >
> >
> >  All best,
> >  Alexandra Smith
> >
> >  Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
> >  Lecturer in Russian,
> >  Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
> >  University of Sheffield, UK.
> >
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From caron.4 at OSU.EDU  Wed Dec 13 16:35:30 2006
From: caron.4 at OSU.EDU (Inna Caron)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:35:30 -0500
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
In-Reply-To: <005301c71ecd$592081a0$6700a8c0@mmdq8on3oz6yyt>
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.113530.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Well, if we are including movies, what about "Rozygrysh"?


-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of mikhail lipyanskiy
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:43 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature

If I may add - I think looking at the films of that time might be a
better
option (if the option exists at all) if one was to look for rock
music/counterculture. I was thinking of "Assa" but I am sure there are
others.

ML
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Yoffe" <yoffe at GWU.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature


> Indeed rock music is almost untouched in Soviet period literature.
> Vladimir Rekshan, former leader of one of Leningrad's earliest rock
bands
Sankt Peterburg touches upon rock in many of his later novels. See
particularly his Kaif polnyi (1990). His earlier book Tretii zakon
Niutona
(1986) surprisingly almost does not touch upon rock at all.
> Rock is mostly just mentioned in Soviet literature, if acknowledged at
all. Aksenov, indeed is the only one who calls it by its real name,
acknowledges the phenomenon, and describes related youth movements, such
as
hippie thing (particularly in his strangely daring for mid 70s V
poiskakh
zhanra). He also mentions rock in Ostrov Krym.
> Yuri Trifonov mentions rock music in Predvaritel'nye itogi, but calls
a
rock band a "bit gruppa." And generally seems to be suspicious about the
whole thing.
> Older generation of Soviet writers (excluding Aksenov) even the ones
realistic or critical about the Soviet regime, still mostly viewed rock
music as a "questionable" if not to say utterly negative phenomenon.
Which
was quite in line with Soviet official party line on the subject
(expressed
passionately by Kuniaev and Mikhalkov). That's why there is almost no
mention of it in Soviet literature, as well as there is almost no
mention of
youth subcultures, counterculture and such. Even Vladimir Tendriakov,
who
wrote deeply about youth, shies away from the subject. As to emigre and
underground writers of the period, it is another story, but still there
is
surprisingly almost nothing on the subject, except for Limonov's
acknowledgement of his familiarity with rock music, and his professed
love
for it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: A Smith <Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK>
> Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:09 pm
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>
>
> > --I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
> >  >from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
> >  >with rock music or rock musicians. ---
> >
> >  Dear Dunja,
> >
> >  Although your question was about fiction, you might be interested
to
> > know about
> >  Viktor Krivulin's long poem dedicated to Kurekhin "Kontsert pamiati
Kurekhina"
> >  (1997):
> >
> >
> >  All best,
> >  Alexandra Smith
> >
> >  Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
> >  Lecturer in Russian,
> >  Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
> >  University of Sheffield, UK.
> >
>
 
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From lvalenti at ELS.EDU  Wed Dec 13 16:38:22 2006
From: lvalenti at ELS.EDU (Valenti, Laurence)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:38:22 -0500
Subject: Job Opportunity in Moscow with Berlitz
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.113822.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Exciting Teaching Position in Moscow

English Language Teaching for Berlitz Centers Moscow, Russia


Position Available:

*	Native fluency in English
*	Bachelor of Arts Degree or higher
*	TEFL Certificate or MA TESOL
*	Teaching or consulting experience
*	Must have lived or studied overseas
	(Russian experience preferred)
*	Should have good conversational fluency in a second language
	(Russian or Slavic Language preferred)
*	Professional appearance- professional dress and grooming
required
*	Training in Berlitz Method(r) will be provided


Contract Terms:

	1 year contract minimum- commencing April 1 or July 1, 2007
	Round trip economy ticket from US to Moscow
	Housing in two bedroom apartment provided (with teacher
co-habitant)
	Local salary US $25, 000 equivalent
	Contract completion bonus to be paid in US
	40 Contact hours per week (Primarily one-to-one teaching)
	CV photocopies of degrees and certificates, photo and 3
references required


To Apply:

	Curriculum vitae
	Copies of degrees and certificates
	Names and contact information for 3 professional references
	Recent photo
	E-mail and telephone contacts
	Interviews for finalists January- February 10, 2007



Send To:

Ms. Laurence Valenti		lvalenti at els.edu
Berlitz International, INC		Tel:  609-750-3544
400 Alexander Park			Fax: 609-750-3507
Princeton, NJ 08540

Laurence Valenti
Executive assistant

Berlitz Inc.
400 Alexander Park
Princeton, N.J 08540

Tel: 609-750-3544
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From lvalenti at ELS.EDU  Wed Dec 13 16:42:15 2006
From: lvalenti at ELS.EDU (Valenti, Laurence)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:42:15 -0500
Subject: Career Opportunity with Berlitz in Moscow
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.114215.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Career Opportunity with Berlitz

					POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Associate Instructor in Moscow (Russia)	
DESCRIPTION DATE:  June 20, 2002	
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Instructional Supervisor/Language Center
Director	

SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Associate Instructor is responsible for teaching assigned classes in
accordance with Berlitz instruction principles; for fulfilling
administrative duties as required by the LIS or LCD; and for
participating in professional development activities as directed by the
LIS and Instructor Coach.

In fulfilling these objectives and functions, the Associate Instructor
is supported by the LIS and the Instructor Coach

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

*	Deliver lessons in accordance with Berlitz teaching principles
and focused on the interests and needs of the students, working with
private students and groups of differing sizes at the LC and at off-site
locations
*	Integrate learning technology into teaching programs, as
required by the curriculum or requested by the student
*	Keep student records up to date as required or requested.
*	Fulfill ongoing responsibilities to customers as required by the
Berlitz Learning Cycle
*	Maintain an impeccable customer focus in the delivery of all
duties
*	Refer non-academic and academic questions to the appropriate
person at the LC
*	Actively participate in own professional self-development plan,
directed and supported by the LIS and Instructor Coach
*	Actively participate in own performance evaluation plan,
directed and supported by the LIS
*	Help promote LC activities to customers
*	Practice the Five Berlitz Operating Principles as a guide to
professional behavior and professional relationships with LC staff and
customers


QUALIFICATIONS/RELATED EXPERIENCE

*	Educated native proficiency in the language they teach
*	Cultural sensitivity
*	Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
*	Successful completion of the core modules of the Berlitz
Instructor Training
*	College/University Degree and/or relevant work experience
*	Teaching experience and/or qualifications desired, but not
essential

Send To:

Ms. Laurence Valenti			lvalenti at els.edu
Berlitz International, INC		Tel:  609-750-3544
400 Alexander Park			Fax: 609-750-3507
Princeton, NJ 08540


Laurence Valenti
Executive assistant

Berlitz & ELS
400 Alexander Park
Princeton, N.J 08540

Tel: 609-750-3544
Fax: 609-750-3507


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From mlermontov at RCN.COM  Wed Dec 13 16:54:29 2006
From: mlermontov at RCN.COM (mikhail lipyanskiy)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:54:29 -0500
Subject: rock music in late Soviet literature
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.115429.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

oh and Igla
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Inna Caron" <caron.4 at OSU.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature


> Well, if we are including movies, what about "Rozygrysh"?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of mikhail lipyanskiy
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:43 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature
> 
> If I may add - I think looking at the films of that time might be a
> better
> option (if the option exists at all) if one was to look for rock
> music/counterculture. I was thinking of "Assa" but I am sure there are
> others.
> 
> ML
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Yoffe" <yoffe at GWU.EDU>
> To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature
> 
> 
> > Indeed rock music is almost untouched in Soviet period literature.
> > Vladimir Rekshan, former leader of one of Leningrad's earliest rock
> bands
> Sankt Peterburg touches upon rock in many of his later novels. See
> particularly his Kaif polnyi (1990). His earlier book Tretii zakon
> Niutona
> (1986) surprisingly almost does not touch upon rock at all.
> > Rock is mostly just mentioned in Soviet literature, if acknowledged at
> all. Aksenov, indeed is the only one who calls it by its real name,
> acknowledges the phenomenon, and describes related youth movements, such
> as
> hippie thing (particularly in his strangely daring for mid 70s V
> poiskakh
> zhanra). He also mentions rock in Ostrov Krym.
> > Yuri Trifonov mentions rock music in Predvaritel'nye itogi, but calls
> a
> rock band a "bit gruppa." And generally seems to be suspicious about the
> whole thing.
> > Older generation of Soviet writers (excluding Aksenov) even the ones
> realistic or critical about the Soviet regime, still mostly viewed rock
> music as a "questionable" if not to say utterly negative phenomenon.
> Which
> was quite in line with Soviet official party line on the subject
> (expressed
> passionately by Kuniaev and Mikhalkov). That's why there is almost no
> mention of it in Soviet literature, as well as there is almost no
> mention of
> youth subcultures, counterculture and such. Even Vladimir Tendriakov,
> who
> wrote deeply about youth, shies away from the subject. As to emigre and
> underground writers of the period, it is another story, but still there
> is
> surprisingly almost nothing on the subject, except for Limonov's
> acknowledgement of his familiarity with rock music, and his professed
> love
> for it.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: A Smith <Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK>
> > Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:09 pm
> > Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] rock music in late Soviet literature
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> >
> >
> > > --I was just wondering if anyone knows of any Soviet fiction
> > >  >from the 1970s or 1980s (or even 1990s), that explicitly deals
> > >  >with rock music or rock musicians. ---
> > >
> > >  Dear Dunja,
> > >
> > >  Although your question was about fiction, you might be interested
> to
> > > know about
> > >  Viktor Krivulin's long poem dedicated to Kurekhin "Kontsert pamiati
> Kurekhina"
> > >  (1997):
> > >
> > >
> > >  All best,
> > >  Alexandra Smith
> > >
> > >  Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
> > >  Lecturer in Russian,
> > >  Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
> > >  University of Sheffield, UK.
> > >
> >
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From iradzeva at GMAIL.COM  Wed Dec 13 17:39:15 2006
From: iradzeva at GMAIL.COM (Iryna Prykarpatska)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:39:15 +0100
Subject: Call for cooperation
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.183915.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

My name is Iryna Prykarpatska. I am a Ph.D student at the Institute of
English Philology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
My research project is concerned with cross-cultural Ukrainian – American
comparative studies of polite speech acts, which are investigated in direct
face-to face social interactions. The whole research is based on empirical
data collected by specially constructed questionnaires administered to
native speakers of their respective languages.
In connection with the facts stated above, I would like to offer to all
those who are interested in cross –cultural comparative studies a kind of
cooperation on collection and exchange of empirical data.  Such cooperation
will save us time and money on collection of empirical data and will also
allow us to collect huge corpus of empirical data in a short period of time.
On my part, I can collect empirical data in Poland and Ukraine and send it
to the USA, on the part of an interested person it is required to collect
the empirical data in the USA and send it to me.
If my proposition is not connected with your research interests, could you
please forward this mail to your colleagues whose research interest are
similar to mine.
I do hope that you will find my offer interesting and I am looking forward
to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards,
MA Iryna Prykarpatska.
Institute of English Philology,
Jagiellonian University
Collegium Paderewianum
Al. Mickiewicza 9/11
Kraków 31-120
Poland

http://www.filg.uj.edu.pl/ifa/

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From gbpeirce at UCIS.PITT.EDU  Wed Dec 13 18:07:22 2006
From: gbpeirce at UCIS.PITT.EDU (Peirce, Gina)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:07:22 -0500
Subject: CORRECTION: Advanced Mastery Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian,
 University of Pittsburgh
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.130722.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The website address appeared incorrectly in my previous posting. The
correct URL is http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu (with no =20 at the end!)

The University of Pittsburgh's Slavic & East European Summer Language
Institute announces

Advanced Mastery Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian:
Intensive Summer Language Study Abroad Course for Advanced and Heritage
Speakers 
June 4 - July 13, 2007

Study for one week in Pittsburgh and a total of five weeks in Zagreb,
Sarajevo, and Belgrade.
$3,689.00 cost of 6 credits tuition and program fees (does not include
airfare; prices are subject to change).

Tuition Free for Graduate Students due to support from the American
Council of Learned Societies.
Open to professionals and advanced undergraduates; scholarships
available.

For more information, contact Christine Metil, Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, 1417 Cathedral of
Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Phone: 412-624-5906, email: slavic at pitt.edu.

*************************************
Gina M. Peirce
Assistant Director
Center for Russian and East European Studies University of Pittsburgh
4414 Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: (412) 648-2290
Fax: (412) 648-7002
 

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From shevelenko at MAIL.LANCK.NET  Wed Dec 13 19:58:07 2006
From: shevelenko at MAIL.LANCK.NET (Irina Shevelenko)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:58:07 +0300
Subject: AATSEEL Forum on Bard-Smolny Study Abroad Program
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.225807.0300.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to call your attention to a forum "New Approaches to Study Abroad: Bard-Smolny Study Abroad Program for North American Students" which will take place at the AATSEEL meeting in Philadelphia on December 28th, 3:45--5:45 pm. Forum presenters include Elena Shchepina, Director of the Russian as a Foreign Language program at Smolny; Bryan Billings, manager of the program; Evgenii Bershtein of Reed College (Bard's institutional partner in this program); and myself. 

We welcome everyone interested in learning more about our program. In case students from your school have already participated in our program, we would very much appreciate any comments and suggestions faculty members could offer us.

More information on the program can be found at www.smolny.org.

Sincerely,

Irina Shevelenko

Associate Professor & Associate Dean of International Students,
Smolny College,
Nab. Leitenanta Shmidta 11,
St. Petersburg, 199034
Russia
shevelenko at mail.lanck.net

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From HumanResources at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Wed Dec 13 21:11:26 2006
From: HumanResources at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (HumanResources HumanResources)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:11:26 -0500
Subject: "DISC: Position Available at American Councils"
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.161126.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

American Councils for International Education:ACTR/ACCELS
Program Assistant - Teachers Programs

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt

Position Description

Summary:
The Teacher Programs Assistant is an entry-level position, reporting to the Program Manager, with primary responsibility for administrative tasks associated with the Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP), Teachers to Teachers:  Language, Technology, Math, and Science Exchange Program (LTMS), and other programs administered in the division of Teacher and Secondary School programs.  The key role of the Program Assistant is to provide the department with administrative support on the varied elements of these programs.

Responsibilities (in priority order): 
·Provide support for exchange teachers in the U.S., including travel, accommodations, insurance matters, payment of monthly stipends and bills, liaison with host institutions, and correspondence;
·Facilitate the travel of U.S. and Eurasian participants, including correspondence, preparation of informational materials, and visa processing;
·Prepare and distribute program materials;
·Maintain databases for shipping and participant data
·Maintain updates to the TCLP and LTMS websites
·Assist in various tasks related to the programs;
·Assist in organizing and executing cross-cultural orientation programs and workshops

Qualifications:
·Strong writing and communication skills (English and Russian);  
·Demonstrated organizational ability;
·Ability to manage multiple priorities quickly and effectively;
·Ability to work independently;
·Proven effectiveness in a cross-cultural work environment; 
·Effective interpersonal skills;
·Dedication to international exchange; and
·Strong computer skills

TO APPLY:
Send letter/resume and salary requirements to HR Department, American Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 700, Washington, DC  20036.  Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; email: resumes at americancouncils.org. Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is an international not-for-profit organization working to advance education, research, and mutual understanding across the United States and the nations of Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. Its mission is to foster democratic development and civil societies by advancing education and research, cultivating leadership, and empowering individuals and institutions through learning. With a staff of 400 professionals in 17 countries, American Councils designs, implements, and supports innovative programs in education, community outreach, and scholarly research.

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From HumanResources at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Wed Dec 13 21:11:45 2006
From: HumanResources at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (HumanResources HumanResources)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:11:45 -0500
Subject: "DISC: Position Available at American Councils"
Message-ID: <WED.13.DEC.2006.161145.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello,

Please see the following information regarding a available position in Washington, DC.

 Position: Program Assistant
 Program/Dept: Inbound Placement Programs
 Hours: Full-time 
 Location: Washington, DC
 Position Available: January 2007


American Councils for International Education:ACTR/ACCELS
Program Assistant - Inbound Placement 

Programs:  FLEX, YES-Afghanistan, A-SMYLE           Washington, DC

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt

Position Description 

SUMMARY:
American Councils’ Office of Secondary School Programs administers inbound exchange programs (FLEX, YES-Afghanistan, A-SMYLE) for secondary school students from the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Serbia, and Montenegro in the United States.  The Program Assistant, an entry-level position, assists the Program Manager in administering placement for these programs. Within these programs, the Program Assistant helps in placing and monitoring approximately 80 students living with host families in the U.S. The Program Assistant also helps to train local coordinators and tracks and approves money allocated for enhancement activities and incidentals expenditures.  The position responsibilities necessitate that some work be performed during non-business hours (e.g. evenings and weekends).  The Program Assistant reports to the Program Manager.  The Program Assistant will assist the Program Manager with her/his responsibilities for secondary school in-bound programs as needed.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
·	Recruiting and training local coordinators to act as representatives of the FLEX, A-SMYLE and YES-Afghanistan program in their communities, and to facilitate coordinators placing students; maintaining contact and providing support during the students’ stay in the U.S.
·	Collecting monthly reports from coordinators and students; assisting in preparing quarterly reports for funding organizations.
·	Being responsible for handling administrative duties related to all inbound programs, such as keeping records and processing stipends and reimbursements; mailing documents; photocopying and faxing; file storage.
·	Assisting the Program Manager with student on-program support issues.
·	Assisting the Program Manager in organizing and executing coordinator training and re-entry cultural orientation programs and workshops.
·	Assisting with program publicity.
·	Making domestic travel arrangements and conference arrangements for inbound participants and coordinators.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
·	Experience with educational programs in the U.S.; experience in American education (teaching, coaching, etc.) and/or in foreign student placement desired.
·	Native or near-native English, and low-intermediate-level or higher proficiency in spoken and written Russian; desired candidate will have high-intermediate-level + proficiency.
·	Familiarity with a minimum of one culture of the former Soviet Union or Central Asia.
·	Study abroad experience in Eastern Europe/Eurasia.
·	Demonstrated communication, administrative, clerical and organizational skills;.
·	Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g. language, education, area studies etc.) required. 
·	Computer skills (e-mail, Microsoft Excel, Word, Access) also required.

TO APPLY:
Send letter/resume and salary requirements to HR Department, American Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 700, Washington, DC  20036.  Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; email: resumes at americancouncils.org. Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is an international not-for-profit organization working to advance education, research, and mutual understanding across the United States and the nations of Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. Its mission is to foster democratic development and civil societies by advancing education and research, cultivating leadership, and empowering individuals and institutions through learning. With a staff of 400 professionals in 17 countries, American Councils designs, implements, and supports innovative programs in education, community outreach, and scholarly research.

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Thu Dec 14 08:58:36 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:58:36 +0000
Subject: Pugachov, Kurochkin and the banya
Message-ID: <THU.14.DEC.2006.085836.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear all,

A Cossack is telling Pyotr Grinyov about Pugachov’s regal ways:
 - "После  обеда  батюшка   наш
отправился в баню, а теперь отдыхает.  Ну, ваше благородие, по всему  видно,
что  персона знатная:  за  обедом  скушать изволил двух  жареных поросят,  а
парится  так жарко,  что и Тарас Курочкин не  вытерпел,  отдал веник  Фомке
Бикбаеву,  да насилу  холодной  водой откачался.

Does poor Taras Kurochkin pour cold water over himself, or is he so far gone
that others have to do this job for him?

Poka,

R.

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From jmaisak at RAMBLER.RU  Thu Dec 14 10:27:27 2006
From: jmaisak at RAMBLER.RU (Julia)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:27:27 +0300
Subject: Limited quantity: Phenomenon of Homosexuality in Russia
Message-ID: <THU.14.DEC.2006.132727.0300.>

Dear SEELANGers,

Today we have an opportunity to present one of the most interesting and 
controversial publication in 2006. The book is based on archival 
materials of the Political Information Center, contains both exclusive 
information and the most profound summary of open sources on the 
subject.

We are pleased to offer it at the best price!

Zven'evaia A.A.
Aktual'nye problemy fenomena gomoseksual'nosti. Raduga nad Rossiei | 
Topical Problems of the Phenomenon of Homosexuality. A Rainbow above 
Russia.
M.: TSPI, 2006. 112 p. Soft. 200 copies. In Russian.
In his book the author does not aim to either denounce or prove 
homosexuality. Studying this phenomenon she wants to show the level of 
development of the gay-movement in Russia and the reaction of the 
society to it. Limited quantity.
$39.00 (Item no. M74610)

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From evans-ro at OHIO.EDU  Thu Dec 14 19:18:13 2006
From: evans-ro at OHIO.EDU (Karen Evans-Romaine)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:18:13 -0500
Subject: scholarships for Middlebury Language Schools
Message-ID: <THU.14.DEC.2006.141813.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

I would like to bring the following new scholarship opportunity to your
attention. Please pass this announcement on to your students interested in study
of critical languages, including Russian, at the Middlebury College Language
Schools in summer 2007. 

Application deadline for these scholarships: 15 February 2007

Karen Evans-Romaine
Director, Davis School of Russian, Middlebury College
Associate Professor of Russian, Ohio University
Middlebury School of Russian information: www.middlebury.edu/ls/russian
(Updated information about our curricular and co-curricular programs for summer
2007 will be posted by January 2007.)


Middlebury College is pleased to announce the Kathryn Wasserman Davis
Scholarships in Critical Language Study. These scholarships will cover the full
cost of a summer of language study from beginner to graduate level in Arabic,
Chinese, Russian, Japanese, or Portuguese at the Middlebury College Language
Schools during the summer of 2007. The scholarships are part of the�100 Summer
Scholarships for Peace� Program, made possible by a $1 million gift from Kathryn
Wasserman Davis.

The purpose of the program is to address today�s critical need for more
effective language study. Each individual grant covers the full comprehensive
fee (tuition, room, and board) for one summer at the Middlebury Language
Schools, plus transportation to and from Middlebury�s Vermont campus and
program-related expenses.  One summer of intensive immersion language at
Middlebury is the equivalent of one full year of language study taken during the
regular academic year (applicants who are interested in transferring academic
credit should check with their home institution regarding transferability). 
 
The Kathryn Wasserman Davis grants are merit-based and intended primarily for
exceptionally qualified individuals with demonstrated interest in one or more
the following areas: foreign languages, international, global, or area studies,
international politics and economics, peace and security studies, and/or
conflict resolution. Individuals in other fields, including working
professionals, are also encouraged to apply if their field of expertise requires
them to study one of the critical languages listed above. To qualify for
consideration for one of the Kathryn Wasserman Davis grants, students need to
submit, in addition to the application materials normally required for admission
to the Middlebury Language Schools (available online at
http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/applications/), a brief essay (2-3 pp.,
double-spaced) explaining the relevance of language study to their area of
expertise or field of study. A cover sheet for applications is also found at the
Web site.

Applications should be sent by February 15, 2007 to
Professor Michael E. Geisler, Ph.D.
Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad
Middlebury College
Sunderland Language Center
Middlebury VT  05753
(802) 443-5275
www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls

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From oburr at MAIL.RU  Fri Dec 15 01:44:12 2006
From: oburr at MAIL.RU (Oksana Burr)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:44:12 +0300
Subject: History of Russian New Year's "horovod" around the tree
Message-ID: <FRI.15.DEC.2006.044412.0300.OBURR@MAIL.RU>

  Hi,
 I'm trying to find information about the origin of the tradition at New Year's where "horovod" is formed around the tree and everyone dances and sings the song at the same time.  When I was little, I would always dance around the tree with other kids, but I never knew the meaning behind it.  Would anybody help me with finding resources on history about this tradition?  I thank you in advance.
 Russian  teacher
 Brighton High School,
  Oksana Burr
Фотопечать на Фото@Mail.ru - всего 2.5 рубля за отпечаток 10х15!
http://r.mail.ru/cln3167/foto.mail.ru/catalog/photoprint.html

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From eelliott at NORTHWESTERN.EDU  Fri Dec 15 07:05:03 2006
From: eelliott at NORTHWESTERN.EDU (Elisabeth Elliott)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:05:03 -0600
Subject: SEESA Harrison Small Grants
Message-ID: <FRI.15.DEC.2006.010503.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

-- 
2006-2007 SEESA HARRISON SMALL GRANTS

The Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA) is currently 
accepting applications for its Harrison Small Grants program.

The purpose of the Harrison Small Grants program is to support 
participation of graduate students in conferences at which they will 
be presenting papers in any discipline related to the Southeast 
European region, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, 
Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, 
Slovenia, and/or Turkey.  Proposals that focus on comparative 
analysis of issues across national boundaries in Southeast Europe 
will be given preference.  To be eligible, an applicant must be a 
graduate student at a North American university.  Priority is given 
to students presenting a paper at a conference held in North America. 
In years in which a SEESA Conference is held, applications for this 
grant must be used for participation in the SEESA Conference.  The 
Third SEESA Conference will be held 26-38 April 2007 at The Ohio 
State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Submissions for presentations at the Third SEESA Conference are being 
accepted until 15 January 2007.  The Call for Papers appears at the 
end of this call for applications.  Questions about the conference 
should be addressed to Professor Daniel Collins (Collins.232 at osu.edu) 
or Professor Brian Joseph (joseph.1 at osu.edu).

The award process for the Small Harrison Grant is competitive, as 
only a limited number of grants can be made.  The number and amount 
of each grant, which will not exceed $400, will be contingent upon 
the income from the Harrison Endowment to SEESA each year.  Priority 
will be given to applicants who have not received a Harrison Small 
Grant in the past. The SEESA Grant Committee considers applications 
on a calendar-year basis.

Eligibility for the SEESA Small Harrision Grant in 2006-2007:
- Must be a graduate student at a North American university.
- Grant must be used for presentation at the Third SEESA Conference 
at The Ohio State University from 26-28 April 2007.  (See Call for 
Papers announcement at the end of this document).

Complete application packets for the SEESA Small Harrison Grant will include:
- Cover letter with a brief summary of the proposed paper;
- One-page curriculum vitae;
- One letter of support from a university faculty member; and
- Estimated budget for conference participation (only transportation 
and lodging costs, and conference registration fees).

The application must be received by the deadline: 2 March 2007.

Grants will be disbursed to award recipients when travel, lodging, 
and registration fee receipts from conference participation and a 
brief report on the conference are submitted to the SEESA treasurer 
following the conference.  Grant recipients are also awarded a 
two-year free membership in SEESA, which includes a subscription to 
Balkanistica.

Applications for the SEESA Small Harrison Grant should be sent to:

Dr. Elisabeth Elliott, SEESA President
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Crowe Hall #4-130
1860 Campus Drive
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2163
U.S.A.
Attn: SEESA

Inquiries about the grant program may be directed to this same 
address or to eelliott at northwestern.edu

Call For  Papers: Third Conference of the  Southeast European Studies 
Association (SEESA), 26-28 April 2007 at The Ohio State University

Following  on the  success  of the  first  (2002) and second (2005) 
conferences of  the Southeast  European  Studies  Association 
(SEESA), the  third SEESA conference will be held at  The Ohio State 
University (Columbus, Ohio) on 26-28 April 2007.

The Organizing  Committee is now  accepting proposals for papers that 
treat  some aspect  of the  Southeast European  region, including the 
successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, 
Albania, Greece,  and Turkey. All  disciplines are  welcome, 
including but not restricted  to, anthropology,  cultural  studies, 
education, film studies, folklore, history, language,  literature, 
linguistics,  political science, and  sociology.  Papers addressing 
issues  that  cross   national  and disciplinary boundaries are 
particularly welcome.  Papers will be  20 minutes in length, with 10 
minutes beyond that for questions and discussion.

One special feature of this year's SEESA Meeting is that the Tenth 
Annual Kenneth E. Naylor Memorial Lecture will be a plenary event at 
the conference, with Brian Joseph as the lecturer speaking on Balkan 
linguistics.  In addition, in recognition of the special nature of 
this anniversary for the lecture, two panels consisting of previous 
Naylor lecturers (Victor Friedman, Ronelle Alexander, Wayles Browne, 
Howard Aronson, Christina Kramer, Ilse Lehiste, Grace Fielder, and 
Tom Priestly) will be convened to present papers on topics in South 
Slavic and Balkan linguistics and to offer some remembrances of 
Kenneth Naylor.

Potential presenters may submit paper proposals by sending a title 
and a one-page abstract  of the  proposed  paper, together  with  the 
author's name, address,  and   contact information (phone and e- 
mail).  The deadline for  submitting all  proposals is  January 15, 
2007.   The program will be  announced by February 20, 2007.

Please  address all  questions  to Professor Brian  Joseph 
(joseph.1 at osu.edu) or Daniel Collins (collins.232 at osu.edu).  Titles, 
abstracts and  contact  information  may  be   sent  by email to 
collins.232 at osu.edu, by fax to 614-688-3107,  or to the address below.

Daniel Collins, Chair
Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1340




___________________________________________
Elisabeth Elliott, Ph.D.
President of Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA)
Slavic Language Coordinator and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1860 Campus Drive
Crowe Hall, #4-125 (4th floor, new wing of Kresge Hall)
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2163
Off: 847-491-8082
Dept.:847-491-5636
Fax:847-467-2596
E-mail: eelliott at northwestern.edu
http://www.slavic.northwestern.edu/

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From dieter.debruyn at UGENT.BE  Fri Dec 15 14:44:49 2006
From: dieter.debruyn at UGENT.BE (Dieter De Bruyn)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:44:49 +0100
Subject: History of Russian New Year's "horovod" around the tree
Message-ID: <FRI.15.DEC.2006.154449.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

This is what a colleague wrote me:

> There is a good book about New Year's traditions in Russia:
> 
> E.V. Dushechkina. Russkaja elka. Istorija. Mifologija. Literatura. Moskva: 
> Norint, 2002.
> 
> Best regards,
> A.Yudin
> 
> ***********************************
> Prof. dr. Oleksiy Yudin
> Russische taalkunde
> Vakgroep Slavistiek en Oost-Europakunde
> Universiteit Gent
> Rozier 44, 9000 Gent, Belgium
> Tel.: +32 (0)9 264 78 63
> Fax: +32 (0)9 264 38 10
> E-mail: Oleksiy.Yudin at UGent.be
> http://www.flwi.rug.ac.be/slavistiek/
> 
> 
> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Oksana Burr" <oburr at MAIL.RU>
>> To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
>> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:44 AM
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] History of Russian New Year's "horovod" around the 
>> tree
>>
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>> I'm trying to find information about the origin of the tradition at New 
>>> Year's where "horovod" is formed around the tree and everyone dances and 
>>> sings the song at the same time.  When I was little, I would always dance 
>>> around the tree with other kids, but I never knew the meaning behind it. 
>>> Would anybody help me with finding resources on history about this 
>>> tradition?  I thank you in advance.
>>> Russian  teacher
>>> Brighton High School,
>>>  Oksana Burr
>>> Фотопечать на Фото@Mail.ru - всего 2.5 рубля за отпечаток 10х15!
>>> http://r.mail.ru/cln3167/foto.mail.ru/catalog/photoprint.html
>>>
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> 
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From TC0JXK1 at WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU  Fri Dec 15 15:03:34 2006
From: TC0JXK1 at WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU (Joanna Kot)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:03:34 -0600
Subject: Seelangers,
Message-ID: <FRI.15.DEC.2006.090334.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Seelangers,

I am interested in forming a panel for the 2007 AAASS convention. The
panel could be on Slavic theatre and/or film or it could be on Slavic
women writers.

If you are interested, please send me your name, paper title, and a
short CV offlist.

Joanna Kot
Assoc. prof. of Russian and Polish
Northern Illinois University
jkot at niu.edu 
(815)753-6460

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From amditise at DICKINSON.EDU  Fri Dec 15 15:08:57 2006
From: amditise at DICKINSON.EDU (Eugenia Amditis)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:08:57 -0500
Subject: Panel on Women and Reading
In-Reply-To: <458264E6020000130041F6F1@wpo.cso.niu.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.15.DEC.2006.100857.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues, 

I would like to organize a panel on women and reading for the 2007 AAASS
conference. 

My work is on the 19th century in Russia, but I think the panel could be
expanded to include other time periods or countries.  

If anyone is interested, please contact me off list.

Sincerely,

Eugenia Kapsomera Amditis
Visiting Assistant Professor
Dept. of Russian
Dickinson College
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-245-1834
amditise at dickinson.edu

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From gbpeirce at UCIS.PITT.EDU  Fri Dec 15 15:35:55 2006
From: gbpeirce at UCIS.PITT.EDU (Peirce, Gina)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:35:55 -0500
Subject: 2007 Summer Language Institute, University of Pittsburgh
Message-ID: <FRI.15.DEC.2006.103555.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The 2007 Slavic and East European Summer Language Institute at the
University of Pittsburgh will offer the following intensive language
courses: 		

Russian Language Programs (first through fourth year):
Eight Week Session in Pittsburgh, June 4-July 27     
Pitt/Moscow 5+5 Program and Russian Heritage Speakers' Program, June
4-August 10 

Central & East European Languages, Six Week Programs in Pittsburgh, June
4-July 13:
Beginning Intensive Hungarian
Beginning Intensive Ukrainian
Beginning Intensive Polish
Beginning Intensive Bulgarian
Beginning Intensive Slovak
Beginning Intensive Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
Intermediate Intensive Polish
Intermediate Intensive Slovak
Intermediate Intensive Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
Advanced Intensive Slovak
Advanced Intensive Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian

Central & East European Study Abroad Programs:
Pitt/Poland 6+4 Program
Pitt/Bulgaria 6+4 Program     
4 Weeks in Poland Program     
4 Weeks in Bulgaria Program     
Advanced Mastery Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1+5 Program in Pittsburgh and
Belgrade/Sarajevo/Zagreb (for very advanced and heritage speakers of
B/C/S)

Tuition for the Beginning B/C/S and Advanced Mastery B/C/S courses will
be waived for graduate students specializing in any field of East
European Studies, due to a grant from the American Council of Learned
Societies.

All courses are equivalent to one year of college-level language
instruction. An instructional staff chosen for its experience,
enthusiasm, and commitment to language teaching ensures the high
academic quality of Pitt's SLI program. Daily contact with instructors,
both in class and out, and the use of native speakers in all sections
create an environment conducive to effective language acquisition. All
programs include extracurricular activities such as film viewing,
singing, cooking classes and cultural lectures. The study abroad
programs include excursions and cultural programming in the targeted
country. 

All applicants may apply for the various scholarships that the SLI has
available. Over 90 per cent of applicants receive partial or full
funding from sources including FLAS fellowships, SSRC fellowships for
advanced Russian, and SLI tuition scholarships.

Further information and applications are available at
http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu

For more information, contact Christine Metil, Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, 1417 Cathedral of
Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Phone: 412-624-5906, email:
slavic at pitt.edu.

*************************************
Gina M. Peirce
Assistant Director
Center for Russian and East European Studies
University of Pittsburgh
4414 Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: (412) 648-2290
Fax: (412) 648-7002
 

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From cllazm at HOFSTRA.EDU  Sat Dec 16 15:52:46 2006
From: cllazm at HOFSTRA.EDU (Alexandar Mihailovic)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:52:46 -0500
Subject: Scholarship for student from Ukraine?
Message-ID: <SAT.16.DEC.2006.105246.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers:

I would like to know about grad-school scholarship opportunities in the US for a student from 
Ukraine who would like to study to be a translator and interpreter.  Her English is absolutely fluent 
and her general facility in language aquisition is considerable.  She has already studied for a year at a 
prestigious college in the US.  Like many talented students from Ukraine, her funds are limited and 
the tuition at places such as the program in Monterey is hefty.  If anyone knows of such funding 
opportunities, connected with specific programs or available through other sources such as the state 
department, please reply to me on or off-list.  Other SEELANGers may find this information useful for 
the future needs of their own students.

Aleandar Mihailovic
cllazm at hofstra.edu  

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From zavyalov2000 at YAHOO.COM  Sat Dec 16 21:10:43 2006
From: zavyalov2000 at YAHOO.COM (NOJ)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:10:43 -0800
Subject: Call for papers - Nabokov Online Journal
Message-ID: <SAT.16.DEC.2006.131043.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Call for papers 
  “NOJ / NOZh: Nabokov Online Journal”
   
   
  NOJ / NOZh: Nabokov Online Journal is a new refereed bilingual electronic edition devoted to Nabokov studies. The journal will seek to achieve a balance between publication of English- and Russian-language scholarship with a primary goal of bridging various branches of Nabokov studies in a dynamic and intellectually creative environment.
   
  The editors of the journal invite submissions of original, unpublished manuscripts. Deadline for the first spring-summer 2007 issue is April 1. 
   
  The NOJ / NOZh will be published two times year. Submission of scholarly articles, comment pieces and book reviews is welcome. Contributions to the journal may be in English, Russian, French or German.
   
  Book reviews should be of new or current publications in the area of Nabokov studies.
   
  Format:
  The articles should be approximately 5 to 20 typed, double-spaced
  pages (based on a 12-point font) in Word format. Articles must contain endnotes and not footnotes. Article submissions should be made by e-mail attachment to the Editor, Dr. Yuri Leving: yleving at gmail.com , or by mailing a CD version to:
   
  Nabokov Online Journal
  Department of Russian Studies
  Dalhousie University
  6135 University Ave, Room # 3010
  Halifax, NS B3M 4P9, Canada
   
  Review submissions should be made by e-mail attachment to Associate
  Reviews Editor, Dr. Andrei Rogatchevski: A.Rogatchevski at slavonic.arts.gla.ac.uk
   
  The NOJ is a peer-reviewed journal. All suitable contributions will be
  sent to peer reviewers for assessment. We undertake to provide a
  relatively prompt assessment of suitability for publication.
   
  Editorial Board
   
  Editor: Yuri Leving (Dalhousie University)
  Associate Editor for Reviews: Andrei Rogatchevski (University of Glasgow)
   
  Nassim W. Balestrini (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz)
John Barnstead (Dalhousie University)
  Stephen Blackwell (University of Tennessee)
  Brian Boyd (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
  Alexander Dolinin (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  Donald Barton Johnson (University of California, Santa Barbara) 
  Georgy Levinton (European University, St. Petersburg)
  Maria Malikova (Russian Academy of Sciences (The Pushkin House), St. Petersburg)
  Eric Naiman (University of California, Berkeley)
  Akiko Nakata (Nanzan Junior College, Japan)
  Tatiana Ponomareva (Vladimir Nabokov Museum, St. Petersburg) 
  David Rampton (University of Ottawa) 
  Thomas Seifrid (University of Southern California)
  Savely Senderovich (Cornell University)
  Tadashi Wakashima (Kyoto University)

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From tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Dec 17 18:35:18 2006
From: tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Teresa Polowy)
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:35:18 -0700
Subject: AAASS panel on alcohol in literature
Message-ID: <SUN.17.DEC.2006.113518.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello Colleagues,

I am organizing a panel for AAAASS dealing with the representation of
alcohol/alcohol abuse in Russian or other Slavic literature from the 1960s to
the present. If you are interested in participating on such a panel, please
contact me off-list with a title, a brief paragraph outlining the paper, and a
short CV -- tpolowy at email.arizona.edu

Thanks!

Happy  Holidays

Teresa Polowy, Head
Russian and Slavic Studies
University of Arizona

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From jack.franke at GMAIL.COM  Sun Dec 17 19:09:06 2006
From: jack.franke at GMAIL.COM (Jack Franke)
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:09:06 -0800
Subject: Request to Roomshare at AATSEEL, 27-30 Dec 06
Message-ID: <SUN.17.DEC.2006.110906.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

SEELANGERS,

If anyone would like to share a room at the AATSEEL conference, please
contact me offline.

Sincerely,

Jack

-- 
*********************************
Jack Franke, Ph.D., Professor of Russian
Coordinator, Russian Department B
European and Latin American School
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Monterey, CA 93944
Work: (831) 242-7512
Home: (831) 373-2704
FAX: (831) 373-2782

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From meloches at UMICH.EDU  Mon Dec 18 15:17:11 2006
From: meloches at UMICH.EDU (Meloche, Sylvia)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:17:11 -0500
Subject: University of Michigan Summer Language Institute
Message-ID: <MON.18.DEC.2006.101711.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

University of Michigan Summer Language Institute

 

May 1-June 22, 2007

1st Year Intensive Polish

1st Year Intensive Russian

3rd Year Intensive Russian: Cinema for Russian Conversation

 

June 27-August 17, 2007

2nd Year Intensive Russian

 

All of these courses are designed to develop the four basic skills:
speaking, reading, writing, and aural comprehension. The languages are
taught within cultural and social contexts. 

 

Extracurricular programs include lectures, films, local excursions, and
orientation to U-M libraries. Registered students receive credit upon
successful completion of the course. Not-for-credit option is available
at Program Fee rates attractive to out-of-state students.



 Fellowships available. 

For course descriptions and application forms, visit our website at
<www.umich.edu/~iinet/sli>. 

Application deadline: March 30, 2007



Questions? Contact: SLI Coordinator

um.sli at umich.edu 734.764.8571


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From pankova+ at PITT.EDU  Mon Dec 18 15:48:26 2006
From: pankova+ at PITT.EDU (Lenka Pankova)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:48:26 -0500
Subject: AAASS 2007: Kundera Panel?
In-Reply-To: <cfe651730612171109t13274b20ra5bd608442725358@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <MON.18.DEC.2006.104826.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERS,

would anybody like to participate in a panel on Milan Kundera?

Topics may include (but are not limited to):
-Kundera's reception /or lack thereof?/ in post-socialist Bohemia
-Kundera and the art of anti-nostalgia(???)
-Kundera and his "Central European Pleiad" (Gombrowicz, Kafka, Broch, Musil)
-Kundera's "key words" throughout his ouevre (for instance, memory,
forgetting, lightness, heaviness etc.)
-Music as an organizing principle in Kundera's works
-Targets of Kundera's sarcasm (ideologies East and West, consumerism,
graphomania, "free love," feminist literary theory...)

Please let me know off the list, Lenka Pankova

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From reei at INDIANA.EDU  Mon Dec 18 16:18:12 2006
From: reei at INDIANA.EDU (REEI)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:18:12 -0500
Subject: MA Programs at the Russian and East European Institute of Indiana
 University
Message-ID: <MON.18.DEC.2006.111812.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The Russian and East European Institute (REEI) at Indiana University is accepting applications for its MA programs in Russian and East European Studies. Students may choose from the traditional two-year MA degree, intended to prepare area specialists for nonacademic careers in government or private- and nonprofit-sectors, or one of four dual degree programs. REEI offers a MA/MBA with the Kelley School of Business, a MA/MLS or MIS with the School of Library and Information Science, and a MA/MPA with the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The Russian and East European Institute master's program gives students a broad understanding of the geographical area and its peoples, while providing the opportunity to examine in depth the aspect of Russian and East European studies that most interests them. The dual degrees add high-level professional training. Students may focus on the study of Russia, another country or region of the former Soviet Union, or East Central or Southeastern Europe. Within their chosen geographic area, students may concentrate on the study of a particular discipline (business, history, library science, information science, political science, literature, public affairs, or some other) while also taking courses outside of that discipline. For detailed information, please visit our website at http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/grad/Russian0506.pdf. 

 

The Russian and East European Institute was established in 1958 on Indiana University's Bloomington campus. REEI administers one of the country's leading programs in Russian and East European area studies. REEI has been designated one of sixteen U.S. Department of Education-funded Title VI National Resource/FLAS Centers for Russia and Eastern Europe for the 2006-2009 grant period. More than one hundred faculty from eighteen departments and schools are affiliated with the Institute. About 250 IU students are pursuing interdisciplinary study of the REEI region in bachelor, master of arts, professional school, or doctoral degree programs. 

 

Indiana University offers unparalleled access to foreign language study with over 80 world languages offered on a regular basis. REEI students may focus on any of the following regional languages: Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian or Yiddish. Students may supplement their language skills at the Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages (SWSEEL), which will be entering its 57th year in 2007. In only eight weeks students receive one full year of language study in any of the following languages: Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Georgian, Hungarian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Mongolian, Pashto, Polish, Romanian, Russian (six full years), Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek or Advanced-Mastery Training in South Slavic Languages. 

 

REEI offers students extensive career services, including weekly job announcements (1,600 jobs posted in 2006), resume and interview advising, mock interview sessions, an annual career networking nights, as well as an extensive alumni network. Students also have the full support the Indiana University Career Development Center and their full range of services. National recruiters are brought to campus on a regular basis to grant our students access to the competitive job market. REEI graduates have tremendous success in securing careers in their areas of interest. During the past fifteen years, REEI has placed 111 graduates with advanced Russian and East European language skills in government service careers including the Foreign Service and intelligence agencies. REEI graduates currently direct the Slavic collections of major libraries nationwide, including Columbia, Harvard, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Rutgers and Wisconsin. REEI graduates also work in non-governmental organizations such as the Eurasia Foundation, American Councils of International Education (ACTR/ACCELS), the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), National Democratic Institute, and International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). For more information on REEI alumni, please visit the respective area pages at http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/. 

 

Applications for fall 2007 admission are due January 15, 2007. Complete application instructions can be found at http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/application_materials/main.shtml <http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/application_materials/main.shtml> . Funding through fellowships and graduate assistantships are available. For more information on funding, please visit http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/funding/main.shtml <http://www.iub.edu/~reeiweb/funding/main.shtml> . 

 

If any of your students are considering graduate study in Russian and East European studies, we hope they will consider REEI and Indiana University as one of their top choices. 

 

Best regards,

Lance Erickson

__________________________________________________

Lance C. Erickson

Academic Advisor / Assistant Director for Student Services

Russian and East European Institute, Indiana University

Ballantine Hall 565, Bloomington, IN 47405

812-855-3087

lanerick at indiana.edu <mailto:lanerick at indiana.edu> 

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From infodelta at TVCOM.RU  Mon Dec 18 16:48:26 2006
From: infodelta at TVCOM.RU (Delta Intercontact)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:48:26 +0300
Subject: Russian Language Programs 2007, Tver, Russia
Message-ID: <MON.18.DEC.2006.194826.0300.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers,



Language School Delta Intercontact in Tver, Russia, greets everyone and 
reminds that we are still in business. As always we welcome students, 
professors or anybody interested in studying, traveling or living in Russia, 
as well as the Universities interested in arranging Russian language 
programs in Russia.



Our regular programs combine four hours of Russian language instruction 
daily with regular afternoon sessions on Russian history, literature, and 
area studies. However, you can choose to come study for only two academic 
hours a week or for as many as 40 academic hours weekly of an intensive 
course. We are very flexible in arranging each program. Homestays and an 
extensive cultural and excursion program round out the immersion experience.



We are willing to tailor our program to your specific needs and 
requirements. Delta Intercontact employs a team of experienced instructors 
and professors who are experts in teaching Russian as a foreign language at 
all levels. Our friendly support staff will make your stay in Russia as 
comfortable and enjoyable as possible.



Upon completion of the program all students will receive our certificates. 
However, students may choose to request a diploma signed, sealed and sent to 
their University by the Tver State University. This will allow them to 
receive credits at their home Universities.



Apart from Russian classes we arrange internships and guidance for the 
individual research projects in literature, history, politics or religion 
with the supervision of our professors.



This year we have successfully run Winter School, Winter-Spring Semester and 
Summer School. The alumni will be happy to give their references upon 
request.



Please contact me at office at delta-ic.net if you have any questions about our 
programs.



I would be happy to send you more information and correspond with you 
further about any of our programs. You may also wish to explore our web site 
at www.delta-ic.net.



Sincerely,



Darya A. Motorkina

Academic Programs Director



Delta Intercontact

Tver, Russia

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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Mon Dec 18 18:01:24 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:01:24 +0000
Subject: a new monument to Akhmatova in StPetersburg
In-Reply-To: <1165979370.457f6eea6def6@webmail.shef.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <MON.18.DEC.2006.180124.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

Those of you who are teaching Akhmatova's Requiem might be interested to know
that today a new monument to Akhmatova was unveiled in St Petersburg. It was
created by Galina Dodonova; it is located on the Robespier Embankment
(Naberezhnaia Robesp'era) and it's designed in accordance with Akhmatova's poem
Requiem. The monument depicts Akhmatova looking  at the famous prison "Kresty"
mentioned in the poem. In addition to this faithful reproduction of the
would-be monument commemorating Akhmatova, the monument reproduces a passage
from the epigraph to Requiem. The full report can be watched on the First
Channel site:http://www.1tv.ru/news/n97377
You'll need to click on the photo of the monument in the left corner of the
article in order to watch it. The videoclip is very informative.

All best,
Alexandra Smith

Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian, 
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
University of Sheffield, UK.

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From renee at ALINGA.COM  Tue Dec 19 01:47:03 2006
From: renee at ALINGA.COM (Renee Stillings | Alinga)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:47:03 -0500
Subject: Fulbright RIEA Program
Message-ID: <MON.18.DEC.2006.204703.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERS,

I have a bit of an unusual and last minute request from Irkutsk State Linguistic University.

Natalia Sverdlova, who works with incoming international students there, has recently been contacted by the Embassy (academic exchanges) suggesting that they submit an application for the Fulbright Russian International Education Administrators (RIEA) program (http://www.fulbright.ru/index.shtml?/news/20061111). Technically the deadline has passed, but they are giving them more time. I suspect perhaps they have not had enough applicants for this yet and one reason may be that potential applicants do not have the network really to tap into the US university international offices, which would be necessary in this case. Stronger ties between Russian and US universities have traditionally been through Russian and other departments.

Natalia is very interested in this opportunity and is eager to not only learn about how our US universities work with incoming international students (I for one would love for all Russian international departments to have this experience!!!) but to also promote her region, university and studies unique to the area.

While Natalia could certainly learn about international offices at most US universities, I think she would be of particular benefit to a school with a Russian department, one contemplating an exchange with Russia or simply sending students abroad to a destination other than Moscow or St. Petersburg, or simply having a guest speaker in Russian classes.

The question to all of you SEELANGers is the following: Do you think your international office would be interested in hosting Natalia Sverdlova for a month (Fulbright covers all expenses)? If so, could you contact Natalia directly at nsverdlova at yandex.ru as soon as possible. As I understand, she will need a "letter of invitation" from a host school as part of her application.

I am hoping that this grant covers sending the participants to the NAFSA convention as well, as it takes place right after their program ends. I will be suggesting that to them just in case as it seems a rather obvious "must include" for anyone in international education who normally would probably not have the budget to attend one of the more useful conferences.

Many thanks in advance for anyone who can help Natalia out with this last minute question.

Renee



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From brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU  Tue Dec 19 02:04:17 2006
From: brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:04:17 -0500
Subject: Advanced Russian through History
Message-ID: <MON.18.DEC.2006.210417.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

My coauthors, Olga Kagan and Anna Yatsenko, and I are pleased to announce the publication of our new textbook, Advanced Russian through History:  Dela davno minuvshikh dnei.

This book was published earlier this month by Yale University Press.  A full description of the textbook can be found at the YUP website at

http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=0300109474

In addition, Anna Yatsenko and I will present the book at a Publishers' Forum at the AATSEEL Conference in Philadelphia on December 28 from 10:15 to 12:15.  Anna and I will be happy to answer your questions about our book at this forum.  Other books in Russian recently published by YUP, including Russian in Use and News from Russia, will also be presented at this forum. Of course, Yale Press will have an exhibit so you can see all three books at the exhibit. 

Sincerely,

Ben Rifkin

*******
Benjamin Rifkin
Professor of Russian and
Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
College of Liberal Arts, Temple University
1206 Anderson Hall, 1114 W. Berks St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
voice (215) 204 1816
fax (215) 204 3731
brifkin at temple.edu
www.temple.edu/fgis/rifkin

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From jwilson at ALINGA.COM  Tue Dec 19 09:34:19 2006
From: jwilson at ALINGA.COM (Josh Wilson)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:34:19 +0300
Subject: Vestnik Student Submissions - final call
Message-ID: <TUE.19.DEC.2006.123419.0300.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

***Student submissions to Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian

Studies are due Dec 20, 2006.*** 

 

Vestnik publishes the best in student research (including undergraduate,

graduate, and postgraduate in all fields related to the FSU). For more

information, click the link below or send a question with the "reply"

function.

 

http://www.sras.org/news2.phtml?m=488

 

Sincerely, 

 

 

Josh Wilson

Asst. Director

The School of Russian and Asian Studies

Editor-in-Chief

Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies

www.sras.org

jwilson at sras.org

 

The School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS) represents universities

and educational programs across Russia and the New States of Eurasia.

Through our partnerships with these organizations, we offer a wide range

of educational and travel programs designed to meet the needs of foreign

students. We also offer services for students to use in their research

at home, from interviews with local personalities to a new academic

journal specially designed for students. See our site for more

information. Contact us with any questions.


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From amewington at DAVIDSON.EDU  Tue Dec 19 14:47:07 2006
From: amewington at DAVIDSON.EDU (Amanda Ewington)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:47:07 -0500
Subject: Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association (ECRSA) panel for
 the 2007 AAASS meeting
Message-ID: <TUE.19.DEC.2006.094707.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERS,

I am currently organizing the Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association
(ECRSA) panel for the 2007 AAASS convention in New Orleans.  There had been
some discussion of a ³visual arts² theme, but we are actually open to all
topics related to the Russian eighteenth century.  Although the submission
date is not until January 12, I am eager to get the panel organized this
week if possible, as I will be out of the country from December 24-January
18 and my e-mail access will be limited.  If you are interested, please
e-mail me with the following information (required for panel submission to
AAASS):

€ Your name
€ title of the proposed paper
€ Full address
€ Phone number
€ preferred e-mail address
€ A one page c.v.

I will do my best to develop the panel around a common theme or discipline.

Thank you!

Amanda Ewington
--------------------------------------------
Amanda Ewington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian
Davidson College 
Department of German and Russian
Box 6936 
Davidson, NC 28035-6936
tel:  (704)894-2397
fax: (704)894-2782 
amewington at davidson.edu
http://www.davidson.edu/russian/index.htm

Packages: 
209 Ridge Road 
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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Tue Dec 19 17:25:05 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:25:05 +0000
Subject: language/philosophy panel for the 2007 AAASS meeting
In-Reply-To: <C1AD659B.CFB1%amewington@davidson.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.19.DEC.2006.172505.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

I'm posting the advert below on behalf of Dr Katya Chown (postdoctoral
fellow/Bakhtin Centre, University of Sheffield). Please respond directly to
Katya. Her address is given below.
 Best,
Alexandra Smith

======================================================
Dear all,

My colleague and I are currently trying to put together a panel for 2007 AAASS 
convention with a provisional title What our Tongue is made of? The
material/form dilemma of Post-Revolutionary Russian (1917-1935). 
We were wondering if anyone would like to contribute as a paper giver, a
discussant or a chair. 

We were hoping that the focal point of the panel would be on the
post-Revolutionary Russian-speaking community in search for new/novelty
forms of presenting, regulating and applying the post-Revolutionary Russian
language material. It was our intention not to reduce the "community"
exclusively down to an "academic community" as we believe it is important to
stress the active role of the whole public and its genuine interest in moulding
post-Revolutionary Russian. However, the work of the academic and
“neo-academic” community in this area should be fully appreciated, and we
expect it to be one of the main topics of the paper proposals. At the moment we
have two papers on the developments in Soviet theory of language connected to
the panel’s main subject. We are hoping to hear from somebody working in the
area of literary studies, however, proposals from any other relevant fields
would be equally welcome. For more details please contact Katya Chown,
e.chown at sheffield.ac.uk (Bakhtin Centre/Department of Russian &Slavonic
Studies, University of Sheffield, UK).

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From thomasy at WISC.EDU  Tue Dec 19 19:23:12 2006
From: thomasy at WISC.EDU (Molly Thomasy)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:23:12 -0600
Subject: Summer program in Russia for grads and recent PhDs
In-Reply-To: <f981b172c4d7.4587e264@wiscmail.wisc.edu>
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Introducing a summer Russian language program designed exclusively for Graduate Students and recent PhDs!

                   MIKHAILOVSKOE SLAVIC SCHOLARS PROGRAM

                  June 10-Aug 5, 2007 in Pushkinskie Gory, Russia
 
                Our website:  http://slavic.lss.wisc.edu/pushkin/mikh

Mikhailovskoe Slavic Scholars is an innovative new program designed to meet the professional
development and language study needs of individuals who are pursuing a career in Slavic studies.
The program is intended for graduate students, junior faculty and recent PhDs who already possess
advanced level Russian language proficiency, but who are looking for additional intensive language
training and stimulating topics courses.  Through a rigorous 8-week program of advanced language
and literature courses, participants will work toward developing the professional-level Russian
language skills necessary to give professional papers and conduct literature and culture courses in
Russian. In addition to completing coursework (see below), participants will have an opportunity to
develop and deliver an academic lecture in Russian on a topic of their choice at a symposium at the
end of the program.

2007 Course offerings:
- Registers of Russian Philology: Syntax and Stylistics (Weeks 1-8)
- Пушкин в Михайловком (Pushkin v Mikhailovskom) (Weeks 1-2)
- Русский формализм и структурализм (Russkii formalizm i structuralizm) (Weeks 3-4)
- Раннее Советское кино: 20е-30е годы  (Rannee Sovetskoe kino) (Weeks 5-6)
- Борис Акунин: между высокой и массовой литературами (Weeks 7-8)
  (Boris Akunin: mezhdu vysokoi i massovoi literaturami)

Applications due: February 1, 2007.  Notification by March 1, 2007

For more information or to apply visit http://slavic.lss.wisc.edu/pushkin/mikh

Contact program coordinators Laura Little and Molly Thomasy at pushkin at slavic.wisc.edu

The 2007 Mikhailovskoe Slavic Scholars Program is a partnership between the Wisconsin Center for
Pushkin Studies (UW-Madison), and the Piligrim Humanitarian-Cultural Center in St. Petersburg.

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From collins.232 at OSU.EDU  Tue Dec 19 20:28:49 2006
From: collins.232 at OSU.EDU (Daniel Collins)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:28:49 -0500
Subject: CFP: Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA) Conference
Message-ID: <TUE.19.DEC.2006.152849.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Call For  Papers: Third Conference of the  Southeast European Studies
Association (SEESA)

Deadline for Abstracts: January 15, 2007

Following  on the  success  of the  first  (2002) and second (2005)
conferences of  the Southeast  European  Studies  Association
(SEESA), the  third SEESA conference will be held at  The Ohio State
University (Columbus, Ohio) on 26-28 April 2007.

The Organizing  Committee is now  accepting proposals for papers that
treat  some aspect  of the  Southeast European  region,
including the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria,
Romania, Albania, Greece,  and Turkey. All  disciplines are  welcome,
including but not restricted  to, anthropology,  cultural  studies,
education, film studies, folklore, history, language,  literature,
linguistics,  political science, and  sociology.  Papers
addressing   issues  that  cross   national  and disciplinary
boundaries are particularly welcome.  Papers will be  20 minutes in
length, with 10  minutes beyond that for questions and discussion.

One special feature of this year's SEESA Meeting is that the Tenth
Annual Kenneth E. Naylor Memorial Lecture will be a plenary event at
the conference, with Brian Joseph as the lecturer speaking on Balkan
linguistics.  In addition, in recognition of the special nature of
this anniversary for the lecture, two panels consisting of previous
Naylor lecturers (Victor Friedman, Ronelle Alexander, Wayles Browne,
Howard Aronson, Christina Kramer, Ilse Lehiste, Grace Fielder, and
Tom Priestly) will be convened to present papers on topics in South
Slavic and Balkan linguistics and to offer some remembrances of
Kenneth Naylor.

Potential presenters may submit paper proposals by sending a title
and a one-page abstract  of the  proposed  paper, together  with  the
author's name, address,  and   contact information (phone and e-
mail).  The deadline for  submitting all  proposals is  January 15,
2007.   The program will be  announced by February 20, 2007.

Please  address all  questions  to Professor Brian  Joseph (joseph.
1 at osu.edu) or Daniel Collins (collins.232 at osu.edu).  Titles,
abstracts, and  contact  information  may  be   sent  by email to
collins.232 at osu.edu, by fax to 614-688-3107,  or to the address below.

Daniel Collins, Chair
Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1340



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From e-sheynzon at NORTHWESTERN.EDU  Tue Dec 19 20:40:52 2006
From: e-sheynzon at NORTHWESTERN.EDU (Elizabeth M.Sheynzon)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:40:52 -0600
Subject: Editorial position available
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From arudd at JJAY.CUNY.EDU  Wed Dec 20 02:52:24 2006
From: arudd at JJAY.CUNY.EDU (Alex Rudd)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:52:24 -0500
Subject: Grants to direct NEH summer programs
Message-ID: <TUE.19.DEC.2006.215224.0500.>

>From time to time I post messages to this list from people who are not
subscribers yet have information of interest to SEELANGS list members.
If you'd like to reply, please do so directly to the sender.  This is
such a post.

- Alex, list owner of SEELANGS
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ANNOUNCING:
National Endowment for the Humanities (U.S.A.)
Applications to Conduct an NEH Summer Program in Summer 2008

Each summer the National Endowment for the Humanities supports faculty 
development through residential projects:  2-6 week Seminars and 
Institutes and 1-week Landmarks of American History and Culture 
Workshops. These projects are designed to provide American teachers 
with the opportunity for intensive study of important texts and topics 
in the humanities.  

SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES

Application Deadline is March 1, 2007 (receipt)
Seminars and institutes foster excellent teaching by encouraging 
collegial discussion of humanities topics within close-knit scholarly 
communities.  They also promote active scholarship in the humanities 
in ways suited to teachers at all levels from grade school through 
college.  Participants have called the seminars and institutes life 
changing experiences.  They often note that they view the host 
institution as an important resource for future scholarly endeavors 
for themselves and for their students.  The application guidelines for 
projects to be held in 2008 are posted on the NEH website at: 
<www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html> (for school teachers and 
college/university teachers). 

LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Application Deadline is March 15, 2007 (receipt)
These grant opportunities are part of the "We the People" initiative, 
which is designed to enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of 
American history and culture. Landmarks of American History and 
Culture workshops bring groups of K-12 teachers or community college 
faculty together for intensive, one-week, residence-based workshops at 
or near significant American sites. Eligible applicants include 
museums, libraries, cultural and learned societies, state humanities 
councils, colleges and universities, schools and school districts. 
Collaborative programs are encouraged. The application guidelines for 
projects to be held in 2008 will be posted on the NEH website 
shortly.  In the meantime, we suggest that you refer to last year’s 
guidelines which are on the NEH website at: 
<www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html> (for school teachers) 
or <www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarkscc.html> (for community 
college faculty). 

Now is the time to draft a proposal or to contact a colleague whom you 
think might be interested in developing a project.  We strongly 
recommend that you work with one of the program officers listed 
below:  

Thomas Adams              202-606-8396  tadams at neh.gov
Douglas Arnold              202-606-8225  darnold at neh.gov
Barbara Ashbrook          202-606-8388  bashbrook at neh.gov
Sonia Feigenbaum         202-606-8490  sfeigenbaum at neh.gov
Gary Henrickson            202-606-8241  ghenrickson at neh.gov
Judith Jeffrey Howard    202-606-8398  jhoward at neh.gov
Julia Nguyen                  202-606-8213  jnguyen at neh.gov 
Robert Sayers                202-606-8215  rsayers at neh.gov

Program staff can answer questions, provide samples of successful 
applications, and comment on an informal draft.  Staff can help 
anticipate questions that are likely to arise in the review process.

Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.  
Institutions must register with Grants.gov, a process which usually 
takes about two weeks.  

We look forward to working with you.

Julia Nguyen
jnguyen at neh.gov

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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Wed Dec 20 15:33:25 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:33:25 +0000
Subject: CBSE 2007 - Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe 2007
In-Reply-To: <1166549105.45882071902d7@webmail.shef.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <WED.20.DEC.2006.153325.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

CBSE 2007 - Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe 2007
(see webpage: http://www.ikgn.de/en.cbse_2007.htm )


Call for Papers

7th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe
June 8-10, 2007
Nordost-Institut Lüneburg (near Hamburg), Germany


The Conference on Baltic Studies started in Scandinavia at the beginning
of the seventies and became regular in the eighties, each time inviting
more than a hundred representatives of scientific communities from
Europe, North America and Australia. Since the middle of the eighties
scientists from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have also been able to
participate. As a result of political change it became possible to
organize the conference for the first time in the independent Baltic
States (Riga/Latvia 1995). Since then the “Conference on Baltic Studies
in Europe (CBSE)” traditionally took place every other year (1997:
Vilnius/Lithuania; 1999: Stockholm/Sweden; 2001: Tartu/Estonia; 2003:
Turku/Finland; 2005: Valmiera/Latvia).

In 2007 for the first time ever, the conference will take place in
Germany, a country with longstanding historical and cultural relations
to the Baltic region. This led to the idea to formulate the main topic
of the conference as

The Baltic Region between Germany and Russia
Dependence and Independence - Past and Present

The Baltic Region, the countries and people of today’s Estonia, Latvia
and Lithuania and its neighbour regions in the north and south, have
been decisively influenced throughout history by the two great powers in
the west and east, by Germany and Russia, in different, positive and
negative, ways. The aim of the conference will be to focus on this
relationship between powerful and often hegemonic cultures on the one
side and a small region at the other side, in all aspects and from the
various perspectives of different scientific disciplines and methods.

The conference will feature panels in the following disciplinary and
interdisciplinary areas:

  *

  Information and Communication Technology, Media, Education
  *

  Energy and Environment, Geography
  *

  Economics, Sociology and Demography, Gender Studies
  *

  Political Science, Internationals Relations and Law
  *

  History and Memories
  *

  Linguistics
  *

  Literature, Ethnology, Folklore
  *

  Religion, Theology, Philosophy
  *

  Art, Music and Culture
  *

  Advancing Baltic Studies

-

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From tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Dec 20 16:54:20 2006
From: tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Teresa Polowy)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:54:20 -0700
Subject: revised AAASS panel on alcohol in literature
Message-ID: <WED.20.DEC.2006.095420.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello Colleagues,
As a result of inquiries about the announcement I sent out about a AAASS panel
on the representation of alcohol/alcohol abuse in Russian and Slavic
literatures, I have decided not to impose the temporal limitations (1960s to
the present) that I had originally announced. So I welcome suggestions for
papers on 18th, 19th, 20th, and contemporary literary texts which represent
alcohol/alcohol abuse.

Again, if you are interested in participating on such a panel, please
contact me off-list with a title, a brief paragraph outlining the paper, and a
short CV -- tpolowy at email.arizona.edu

Teresa Polowy, Head
Russian and Slavic Studies
University of Arizona







Hello Colleagues,

I am organizing a panel for AAAASS dealing with the representation of
alcohol/alcohol abuse in Russian or other Slavic literature from the 1960s to
the present. If you are interested in participating on such a panel, please
contact me off-list with a title, a brief paragraph outlining the paper, and a
short CV -- tpolowy at email.arizona.edu

Thanks!

Happy  Holidays

Teresa Polowy, Head
Russian and Slavic Studies
University of Arizona

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Teresa Polowy,Head
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
University of Arizona

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From levitt at COLLEGE.USC.EDU  Wed Dec 20 19:44:46 2006
From: levitt at COLLEGE.USC.EDU (Marcus Levitt)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:44:46 -0800
Subject: Please post!
Message-ID: <WED.20.DEC.2006.114446.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The location of USC Reception at AATSEEL/MLA has been changed!  We will
be celebrating POOLSIDE, on the fourth floor of the Hyatt Regency
Philadelphia at Penn Landing Hotel (201 South Christopher Columbus
Blvd.).    The time is unchanged: Thursday, Dec. 28, 5-7 p.m.   I'm told
this is a beautiful location with a stunning view of the city.  Swimwear
is optional!

The reception will celebrate the successes of our graduate programs and
is aimed at helping us to recruit the best candidates.  Please let your
colleagues know that they are also welcome.  

While you are in Philadelphia, you are also welcome to attend a special
after-hours showing of the exhibit "The Princess and the Patriot,
Dashkova and Franklin" at the American Philosophical Society museum (in
which I took a modest part).  This will take place on Friday, Dec. 29,
from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.  The APS Museum is located at 104 S. 5th Street. 
On the exhibit, see:  http://www.amphilsoc.org/exhibitions/princess.html

We hope you can make it!

Marcus Levitt, Associate Professor, Chair
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Marcus Levitt, Associate Professor, Chair
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Southern California College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4353
Fax (213) 740-8550
Tel  (213) 740-2736
Web Page: www.usc.edu/dept/las/sll/levitt/ml_fset.htm
>>> SEELANGS automatic digest system <LISTSERV at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
12/19/06 9:00 PM >>>

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From vladimir.alexandrov at YALE.EDU  Wed Dec 20 19:18:21 2006
From: vladimir.alexandrov at YALE.EDU (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vladimir_Alexandrov?=)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:18:21 -0500
Subject: Research in Moscow Archives
Message-ID: <WED.20.DEC.2006.141821.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

I have two questions about doing research in TsIAM, GARF and RGALI.

Has anyone tried hiring a researcher in Moscow to do a preliminary search of
these archives' holdings on a particular topic prior to going to Moscow? 
The aim would be to try to get some sense of what might be in the archives
in order to plan a trip.  I'd be grateful for any advice or leads.

Has anyone used the services of Praxis Internationl (formerly the Center for
the Study of Russia and the Soviet Union) to arrange a research trip to
Moscow archives?  Are there other organizations of this type?  I'd be
grateful for any evaluations and suggestions.

Please respond off-list to vladimir.alexandrov at yale.edu

With thanks in advance for your help,

Vladimir Alexandrov
Slavic Department
Yale University

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From BL at KB.NL  Thu Dec 21 10:56:05 2006
From: BL at KB.NL (BLB Bureau Mailbox)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:56:05 +0100
Subject: Linguistic Bibliography moving
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.115605.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear all,

 

As of 1 January 2007 the Linguistic Bibliography will be produced under a new institutional setting. After having been housed at the Dutch National Library for over 20 years, the editors will move to the Instituut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie in Leiden. BLonline, the electronic version of the Linguistic Bibliography, will remain accessible free from charge at www.blonline.nl <http://www.blonline.nl/> .

 

The new editorial address is:

 

Linguistic Bibliography

P.O. box 9000

2300 PA  Leiden

The Netherlands

Tel.: 071-5353588 or 071 5353589

e-mail: bl at inl.nl <mailto:bl at inl.nl> ; olbertz at inl.nl; tol at inl.nl

 

Merry Christmas to you all and our best wishes for the New Year - Prettige feestdagen en alle goeds voor het nieuwe jaar - Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein schönes Neues Jahr - Joyeux Noel et bonne année - Zorionak eta urte berri on - Head uut aastat - Buone feste natalizie - Feliz navidad y buen año nuevo - Nollaig Shona agus Blian Nua Fe Mhaise - Sarbatori vesele - Selamat hari natal - Wesołych Świąt i wszystkiego dobrego w Nowym Roku - God jul og godt nytt år - Boldog karácsonyt és boldog új évet - God jul og godt nyt år - God jul och gott nytt år - Hyvaa joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta - Gledilig jol og farsælt nytt ár - S novym godom

 

Sijmen Tol & Hella Olbertz

Editors of BL


From ekl2102 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Thu Dec 21 13:53:03 2006
From: ekl2102 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Emma Lieber)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:53:03 -0500
Subject: AAASS Turgenev Panel
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.085303.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

If you would be interested in participating in a panel on Turgenev
at next year's AAASS, please contact me off-list with a c.v. and a
paragraph outlining your paper.

Thank you!
Emma Lieber
Columbia University

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From jpf3 at UCHICAGO.EDU  Thu Dec 21 17:00:55 2006
From: jpf3 at UCHICAGO.EDU (June Farris)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:00:55 -0600
Subject: Research in Moscow Archives
In-Reply-To: <LISTSERV%200612201418214530.2AEC@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.110055.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Professor Alexandrov,

You may wish to look at a new (free) database at this link: 
http://guides.eastview.com/search/basic/BasicSearch.html?enc=eng
    * 
<http://guides.eastview.com/search/basic/BasicSearch.html?enc=eng>Guides to 
Russian Archives/ Putevolditeli po rossiiskim arkhivam, a joint project of 
Rosarkhiv (Russian Federal Archival Agency), the Slavic Section of the 
University of Kansas Library, and East View Information Services, provides 
a full-text searchable database of more than 60 Russian federal and 
regional archival guides published between 1987-2004.
This will have some detailed information about RGALI, at least.

This site will have some information about GARF finding aids: 
http://content.cdlib.org/view;jsessionid=syDltIyM71fdxy8L?docId=tf1q2n9845&chunk.id=c01-1.7.5.4

Hope this helps a bit.
Best wishes,
June Farris




At 01:18 PM 12/20/2006, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I have two questions about doing research in TsIAM, GARF and RGALI.
>
>Has anyone tried hiring a researcher in Moscow to do a preliminary search of
>these archives' holdings on a particular topic prior to going to Moscow?
>The aim would be to try to get some sense of what might be in the archives
>in order to plan a trip.  I'd be grateful for any advice or leads.
>
>Has anyone used the services of Praxis Internationl (formerly the Center for
>the Study of Russia and the Soviet Union) to arrange a research trip to
>Moscow archives?  Are there other organizations of this type?  I'd be
>grateful for any evaluations and suggestions.
>
>Please respond off-list to vladimir.alexandrov at yale.edu
>
>With thanks in advance for your help,
>
>Vladimir Alexandrov
>Slavic Department
>Yale University
>
>-
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------


June Pachuta Farris
Bibliographer for Slavic, East
European and Eurasian Studies and
Bibliographer for General Linguistics
Room 263 Regenstein Library
University of Chicago
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois  60637
jpf3 at uchicago.edu
1-773-702-8456 (phone)
1-773-702-6623 (fax) 

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From jdingley at YORKU.CA  Thu Dec 21 18:24:15 2006
From: jdingley at YORKU.CA (John Dingley)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:24:15 -0500
Subject: Sicily
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.132415.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hi,

A colleague posed the following question, which is I am afraid far beyond my
bailiwick. Any help would be appreciated. Please send comments either to the
List or to Jana Zocco: jvzocco at yorku.ca

John Dingley

>John,
would you know (or would you direct me to someone who may know) whether there
are any Russian literary connections to Sicily (such as a Russian poet writing
about Sicily, or a novelist setting some of the action of a novel on that
island). I would very much appreciate your help.

--------
http://momiji.yorku.ca/jding.html

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From rjs19 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Thu Dec 21 19:05:46 2006
From: rjs19 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Rebecca Jane Stanton)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:05:46 -0500
Subject: Sicily
In-Reply-To: <1166725455.458ad14f2e7aa@mymail.yorku.ca>
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.140546.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Valentin Kataev uses a trip to Sicily as a jumping-off point for some of 
his "Mauvist" blurring of life and fiction in _Almaznyi moi venets_ 
(1979; in the 1990 Moscow edition, this section starts somewhere around 
p. 20; the full text is available [in Russian] at
http://www.lib.ru/PROZA/KATAEW/almazn.txt ). 
He also (mis)quotes a Bagritsky poem, "Dionysus," that he supposes to be 
set in Sicily (available here:
http://www.litera.ru/stixiya/razval/bagrickij.html#tam-gde-vystup ). 
As far as I know the book hasn't been translated.

RJS

-- 
Rebecca Stanton
Assistant Professor of Russian
Dept. of Slavic Languages
Barnard College
Columbia University
*
http://www.columbia.edu/~rjs19 

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From alla at RUSSIANSPECIALISTS.COM  Thu Dec 21 20:19:59 2006
From: alla at RUSSIANSPECIALISTS.COM (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alla_Nedoresow?=)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:19:59 -0500
Subject: Teaching English
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.151959.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dan Smith, an acquaintance, wishes to spend some time between college
graduation and graduate school teaching English in Russia. His interest lies
in international relations and he's studied both Russian and Arabic. Dan
graduates this May and prefers to work in Moscow or St. Petersburg.

Anyone with information or advice for Dan, please e-mail him directly:
smith64 at TCNJ.edu

Thank you.

Alla

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From s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU  Thu Dec 21 20:32:09 2006
From: s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU (Prof Steven P Hill)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:32:09 -0600
Subject: minor character in Dostoevskii
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.143209.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues, particularly those who know Dostoevskii well:

In an old German film version of "Crime and Punishment," a minor actor 
named Bersen'ev is credited with a role called in German "Kleinbuerger."  
Perhaps Bersen'ev's role could be understood as "the petty bourgeois"? 
But then, a French source identifies Bersen'ev's role in the same film as 
"le Voisin,"  which seems to come out as "neighbor."

For those who know "Prestuplenie i nakazanie" inside out, is there any 
character in the novel who is identified by Dostoevskii either as 
"meshchanin" ("the petty bourgeois"), as"sosed" ("the neighbor"), or
as something similar?

P.S.  It's definitely not Luzhin (who might conceivably be viewed as 
rather  bourgeois), whose role is clearly assigned to a different actor...

Gratefully,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _

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From mlermontov at RCN.COM  Thu Dec 21 21:03:38 2006
From: mlermontov at RCN.COM (Mikhail Lipyanskiy)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:03:38 -0500
Subject: minor character in Dostoevskii
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.160338.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

the character appears in Part III, chapter 6. and accuses raskolnikov of being a murderer. you can find the russian version of the rext at Lib.ru

hope this helps - please feel free to contact me if you need any further info

Mikhail Lipyanskiy
mlermontov at rcn.com

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From ilya.kliger at YALE.EDU  Thu Dec 21 21:04:56 2006
From: ilya.kliger at YALE.EDU (Ilya Kliger)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:04:56 -0500
Subject: minor character in Dostoevskii
In-Reply-To: <20061221143209.AGT98033@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.160456.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Steven,
Meshchanin surely refers to the man who accuses Raskolnikov of being a 
murderer
in Part Three, Chapter Six of the novel and then appears (or rather fails to
appear from) behind the partition in Porfiry Petrovich's office.  In Part Four
Chapter Six he does appear again to apologize to Raskolnikov.  Hope 
this helps.

Best,
Ilya


Quoting Prof Steven P Hill <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>:

> Dear colleagues, particularly those who know Dostoevskii well:
>
> In an old German film version of "Crime and Punishment," a minor actor
> named Bersen'ev is credited with a role called in German "Kleinbuerger."
> Perhaps Bersen'ev's role could be understood as "the petty bourgeois"?
> But then, a French source identifies Bersen'ev's role in the same film as
> "le Voisin,"  which seems to come out as "neighbor."
>
> For those who know "Prestuplenie i nakazanie" inside out, is there any
> character in the novel who is identified by Dostoevskii either as
> "meshchanin" ("the petty bourgeois"), as"sosed" ("the neighbor"), or
> as something similar?
>
> P.S.  It's definitely not Luzhin (who might conceivably be viewed as
> rather  bourgeois), whose role is clearly assigned to a different actor...
>
> Gratefully,
> Steven P Hill,
> University of Illinois.
> __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _
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From jeffhold at INDIANA.EDU  Thu Dec 21 21:16:48 2006
From: jeffhold at INDIANA.EDU (Jeff Holdeman)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:16:48 -0500
Subject: AATSEEL 2006: Language coordinator meeting
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.161648.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear coordinators of Slavic languages who will be attending AATSEEL,

There will be an annual meeting of the coordinators of Slavic languages at
the 2006 AATSEEL convention.  We are listed in the conference program as
meeting on Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, 12:15-1:30 pm.  I have reserved a large
table at the hotel restaurant (Keatings River Grill, at the lobby level)
under the name Holdeman.  If you know that you will be attending or if you
will be unable to attend but would like to make sure that I have your
contact information, please e-mail me *off-list* (jeffhold at indiana.edu).

I look forward to seeing you all there!

Jeff

Dr. Jeffrey D. Holdeman
Slavic Language Coordinator
Indiana University
jeffhold at indiana.edu

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From phet7178 at MAIL.USYD.EDU.AU  Thu Dec 21 21:24:27 2006
From: phet7178 at MAIL.USYD.EDU.AU (Philippa Hetherington)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:24:27 +1100
Subject: Teaching English
In-Reply-To: <LISTSERV%200612211519593750.4D30@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <FRI.22.DEC.2006.082427.1100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A graduate student of Russian in Australia, I too am planning to take time
out of study to tech English is Russia for a period from mid 2007.  I am
enrolled in postgraduate history studies and my particular interest is
turn of the century St Petersburg, where I would like to teach.

Similarly to Alla's request re Dan, could anyone with information or advice
re this email me directly on phet7178 at mail.usyd.edu.au

Thanks
Philippa Hetherington

Quoting Alla Nedoresow <alla at RUSSIANSPECIALISTS.COM>:

> Dan Smith, an acquaintance, wishes to spend some time between college
> graduation and graduate school teaching English in Russia. His interest
> lies
> in international relations and he's studied both Russian and Arabic. Dan
> graduates this May and prefers to work in Moscow or St. Petersburg.
>
> Anyone with information or advice for Dan, please e-mail him directly:
> smith64 at TCNJ.edu
>
> Thank you.
>
> Alla
>
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From gribble.3 at OSU.EDU  Fri Dec 22 03:31:30 2006
From: gribble.3 at OSU.EDU (Charles Gribble)
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:31:30 -0500
Subject: Library job
Message-ID: <THU.21.DEC.2006.223130.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Posting at the request of The Ohio State University:

EES and HC/RS Civil Service Position:

Working with East European and Slavic Studies and History of Christianity 
and Religious Studies Subject Specialist in day-to-day operations to assist 
in managing and maintaining the East European and Slavic Studies and 
History of Christianity and Religious Studies Collections within OSU 
Libraries.

Follows established priorities related to collections in East European and 
Slavic Studies, History of Christianity and Religious Studies Collections. 
Performs daily tasks in coordination with the EES and HC/RS Subject 
Specialist, such as Approval Plans, Firm Orders, Gifts and Exchanges, 
Fragile and Rare materials, Collection Maintenance, Public Services and 
other duties as assigned.

Experience Required:

Strong reading and writing knowledge of Polish; demonstrated ability to 
communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing and evidence 
of complex decision-making and problem solving skills. Highly desirable 
good reading knowledge of another Western Slavic language (Czech and 
Slovak); Previous Library Experience, Familiarity with Library of Congress 
transliteration for Cyrillic alphabets; Web-design knowledge; basic office 
skills.

Contact Person/Supervisor

Miroljub Ruzic

5711H Ackerman Library

ruzic.2 at osu.edu
(614)292-8959


Charles E. Gribble
Professor of Slavic Languages
The Ohio State University, Columbus
1775 College Rd., Room 400
Columbus OH 43210-1340
e-mail: gribble.3 at osu.edu
Tel. 614-292-6733  

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From manetti.christina at GMAIL.COM  Fri Dec 22 05:51:34 2006
From: manetti.christina at GMAIL.COM (=?windows-1252?Q?Christina_Manetti?=)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:51:34 -0500
Subject: Olomouc Slavic languages website: www.slavic-net.org
Message-ID: <FRI.22.DEC.2006.005134.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Perhaps of interest to list members: 

>From The Prague Daily Monitor:
www.praguemonitor.com 

Olomouc experts work on international web of Slavonic languages

Olomouc, North Moravia, Dec 20 (CTK) - Experts in Slavonic languages from 
Olomouc University´s Faculty of Arts cooperate with their foreign 
colleagues on forming a website of Slavonic languages, an international 
project financed from EU funds, Czech team head Marie Sobotkova told 
reporters today.

Apart from the Czechs, the project involves experts from Poland, Slovakia, 
Slovenia, Germany and Bulgaria.

The website´s visitors can compare five Slavonic languages in various 
moments of human communication.

"The goal of the project is to raise interest in Slavonic languages and 
point to similarities and differences in the languages and cultures of the 
nations concerned. The website´s visitors can compare the individual 
languages applied to various situations in communication people can 
experience while travelling," Sobotkova said.

The address of the nascent website that will be gradually complemented, is 
www.slavic-net.org.

rtj/dr/hol

This story copyright 2006 CTK Czech News Agency.

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From jwilson at ALINGA.COM  Fri Dec 22 14:14:09 2006
From: jwilson at ALINGA.COM (Josh Wilson)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:14:09 +0300
Subject: Free Online Cyrllic Typing Tutor
Message-ID: <FRI.22.DEC.2006.171409.0300.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

It’s super!  

http://www.alfatyping.com/

Just create an account and enjoy!


Josh Wilson
Asst. Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor-in-Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
www.sras.org
jwilson at sras.org

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From jschill at AMERICAN.EDU  Fri Dec 22 18:42:08 2006
From: jschill at AMERICAN.EDU (John Schillinger)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:42:08 -0500
Subject: Victor Terras 1921-2006
In-Reply-To: <1166709183.458a91bfc4865@cubmail.cc.columbia.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.22.DEC.2006.134208.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

	With great sadness, I wish to inform the many SEELANGERS who knew  
him and his work, that Victor Terras died peacefully at his home in  
Chevy Chase, Maryland on December 17.   Victor was an inspiration to  
students and faculty alike, a highly respected scholar, and the best  
of colleagues.  Most of all, he was a friend whom I and many others  
will miss deeply.


John Schillinger
Emeritus Prof. of Russian
American University
Home address:
192 High St., Strasburg, VA 22657
(540) 465-2828

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From mlg at KU.EDU  Fri Dec 22 19:36:09 2006
From: mlg at KU.EDU (Greenberg, Marc L)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:36:09 -0600
Subject: Professor Heinrich A. Stammler (1912-2006)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.DEC.2006.133609.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures regrets the passing of Emeritus Professor Heinrich A. Stammler (15 Dec. 1912-29 Nov. 2006).
 
Prof. Stammler was born in Jena, Germany. He attended Humanistisches Gymnasium at Hanover and Greifswald, Germany, and, while still in Greifswald he attended the University of Greifswald, and later those in Prague and Munich, where he received his Ph.D. in 1937. He was attached to the German embassies in Moscow and Sofia, Bulgaria and later emigrated to the U.S. in 1953. An assistant professor at Northwestern University from 1954 to 1960, he became an associate professor at Kansas University in 1960. In 1962 he became chair of the newly created Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. His fields of research and special interests were Slavic literary and intellectual history, comparative literature and Orthodoxy. He was a visiting professor at various universities in the United States and abroad. He published numerous articles in academic journals in the U.S. and Europe, and was a translator and poet. He is survived by his wife Ursula Hoffman Stammler; daughter Andrea Lewis and her husband Patrick; son Christopher Stammler and his wife Kathren; and three grandchildren, Annika and Aidan Lewis and Elijah Stammler.
 
[For further information or questions, please contact Prof. Edith W. Clowes, Slavic Dept. eclowes at ku.edu <mailto:eclowes at ku.edu> ]
 
========================== 
Marc L. Greenberg 
Professor and Chair 
Department of Slavic Languages and Literature 
University of Kansas 
1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm. 2133 
Lawrence, KS 66045-7590 
----------------------------------------------------- 
Tel: (785) 864-3313 (Slavic Dept. office) 
      (785) 864-2349 (voice mail) 
Fax: (785) 864-4298 (Write: "Attn: M. L. Greenberg, Slavic") 
----------------------------------------------------- 
http://www.ku.edu/~slavic <http://www.ku.edu/~slavic> 

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From lkhramtsova at YAHOO.COM  Sat Dec 23 16:59:20 2006
From: lkhramtsova at YAHOO.COM (luba khramtsova)
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:59:20 -0800
Subject: Library job
In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20061221222737.01ea7fa0@pop.service.ohio-state.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.23.DEC.2006.085920.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Prof.Gribble,
  My name is Luba,I am Russian ,and I'd like to apply  for this position(I have worked at OSU Enarson Hall for 1.5 years),but I don,t know Polish. Is it the main obstacle?
  Best wishes,
  Luba Khramtsova

Charles Gribble <gribble.3 at OSU.EDU> wrote:
  Posting at the request of The Ohio State University:

EES and HC/RS Civil Service Position:

Working with East European and Slavic Studies and History of Christianity 
and Religious Studies Subject Specialist in day-to-day operations to assist 
in managing and maintaining the East European and Slavic Studies and 
History of Christianity and Religious Studies Collections within OSU 
Libraries.

Follows established priorities related to collections in East European and 
Slavic Studies, History of Christianity and Religious Studies Collections. 
Performs daily tasks in coordination with the EES and HC/RS Subject 
Specialist, such as Approval Plans, Firm Orders, Gifts and Exchanges, 
Fragile and Rare materials, Collection Maintenance, Public Services and 
other duties as assigned.

Experience Required:

Strong reading and writing knowledge of Polish; demonstrated ability to 
communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing and evidence 
of complex decision-making and problem solving skills. Highly desirable 
good reading knowledge of another Western Slavic language (Czech and 
Slovak); Previous Library Experience, Familiarity with Library of Congress 
transliteration for Cyrillic alphabets; Web-design knowledge; basic office 
skills.

Contact Person/Supervisor

Miroljub Ruzic

5711H Ackerman Library

ruzic.2 at osu.edu
(614)292-8959


Charles E. Gribble
Professor of Slavic Languages
The Ohio State University, Columbus
1775 College Rd., Room 400
Columbus OH 43210-1340
e-mail: gribble.3 at osu.edu
Tel. 614-292-6733 

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From darancourlaferriere at COMCAST.NET  Mon Dec 25 19:59:22 2006
From: darancourlaferriere at COMCAST.NET (Daniel Rancour-Laferriere)
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:59:22 -0800
Subject: News for Bulgakov scholars
Message-ID: <MON.25.DEC.2006.115922.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

25 Dec 06

Dear colleagues,
Today I received the following information from the SOVA center:

>  
>
> *Погром в музее-квартире Булгакова устроил "борец с сатанизмом"? - 
> http://religion.sova-center.ru/events/13B74CE/13DC3A3/877A953*
>
> Вечером 22 декабря произошло нападение на музей-квартиру Михаила 
> Булгакова. По словам сотрудницы музея Екатерины Авдюшкиной, погром 
> устроил Александр Морозов, ранее не раз обвинявший музейщиков в 
> "пропаганде сатанизма". "Злоумышленник, - передает портал 
> "Интерфакс-религия" 
> <http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=15799>, - проник… через 
> черный ход в помещение, где находились фонды музея (квартира 51 в доме 
> N 10 на Большой Садовой улице).
>
> После этого А. Морозов устроил показательное выбрасывание из окон 
> фотографий и других музейных экспонатов. Часть имущества попала на 
> припаркованные внизу автомашины, причинив им повреждения".
>
>  
>
> *"Справедливая Россия" и МВД поддерживают позицию православных в 
> конфликте вокруг Патриаршего подворья в Сокольниках - 
> http://religion.sova-center.ru/events/13B742E/14351B8/877D9D3*
>
> 23 декабря Русская линия <http://www.rusk.ru/newsdata.php?idar=170156> 
> сообщила, что позицию верующих в конфликте 
> <http://religion.sova-center.ru/events/13B742E/%20http:/religion.sova-center.ru/events/13B742E/14351B8/7FFB988> 
> вокруг Патриаршего подворья в Сокольниках поддержала партия 
> "Справедливая Россия". Обнадеживающий для православных ответ пришел и 
> из МВД.**
>

Regards to the list,

Daniel Rancour-Laferriere
Emeritus Professor of Russian
University of California, Davis

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From mp at MIPCO.COM  Wed Dec 27 01:43:16 2006
From: mp at MIPCO.COM (mipco)
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:43:16 -0600
Subject: Pushkin in Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature
Message-ID: <TUE.26.DEC.2006.194316.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A couple of months ago two volume Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature, 
edited by by Gaetan Brulotte and John Phillips was published by 
Routledge.
ISBN-10: 1579584411
ISBN-13 9781579584412
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Erotic-Literature-Gaetan-Brulotte/dp/1579584411

It's interesting that the article about Alexander Pushkin (pages 
1059-1060) is fully devoted to the "Secret Journal 1836-1837" 
published by Mikhail Armalinsky. Not a single word about Pushkin's 
other erotic works.

Here is the ending of this article:

"If the Secret Journal is proven to be authentic, it would cast a 
different light on its illustrious author, perhaps unfavorably 
altering his image. More importantly, Pushkin scholarship would have 
to be reevaluated and revised by accepting the journal in the 
literary canon, lending it a postmodern dimension, and thereby 
keeping his works fresh. Pushkin, long considered an innovator and a 
visionary, would have again influence literary discourse."

I will be happy to send scans of this article per request to: mp at mipco.com

Alexander Sokolov
M.I.P. Company
P.O.B. 27484
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55427 USA
http://www.mipco.com
mp at mipco.com

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From Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Wed Dec 27 19:16:00 2006
From: Alexandra.Smith at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (A Smith)
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:16:00 +0000
Subject: Ustvolskaya: obituary:Shostakovich's 'musical conscience'
In-Reply-To: <45902D9A.2040002@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <WED.27.DEC.2006.191600.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

Just for your information I'm enclosing below the obituary on Galina
Ustvolskaya's included in today's issue of The Independent.

All very best,
Alexandra Smith

Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian, 
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
University of Sheffield, UK.



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Galina Ustvolskaya
Shostakovich's 'musical conscience'

Published: 27 December 2006
Galina Ivanova Ustvolskaya, composer: born Petrograd 17 June 1919; married 1966
Konstantin Makukhin; died St Petersburg 22 December 2006.

"I am convinced that the music of G. I. Ustvolskaya will achieve worldwide
renown, to be valued by all who perceive truth in music to be of paramount
importance" - thus Dmitri Shostakovich on the work of his student (and,
perhaps, lover) Galina Ustvolskaya, a composer of prickly independence - the
late Ian MacDonald called her "abrupt, anxious, explosively eccentric" - and
deep spiritual conviction. Ustvolskaya lived out her life with a supreme
disregard for public acclaim; her handful of passionate and bizarre works - to
call them idiosyncratic would be something of an understatement - similarly do
nothing to cultivate the listener. She also tried to keep the musicologists at
a distance: "All who really love my music should refrain from theoretical
analysis of it."

Born two years after the October Revolution, in the brief period when St
Petersburg was Petrograd, in 1937-39 Ustvolskaya studied at the Professional
School of Music, the music college attached to the Conservatoire in what had
become Leningrad in the interim. For the next decade - interrupted during the
Second World War by a period of service in a military hospital - she studied at
the Conservatoire proper under Shostakovich and Maximilian Steinberg
(Rimsky-Korsakov's son-in-law), becoming both a postgraduate student and a
teacher there herself from 1947. She remained on the staff until 1975, the
best-known of her own students being Boris Tishchenko.

The nature of her relationship with Shostakovich has never become clear. He
referred to her as his "musical conscience", and the cellist Mstislav
Rostropovich, who knew them both, recorded that "she certainly regarded
Shostakovich very highly, and indeed there was a very 'tender' relationship
between them", adding that Shostakovich's first marriage, by mutual agreement,
was "open" and that his liaison with Ustvolskaya was an "open secret". He would
show her his scores for comment, and it seems she was one of the few to offer
him moral support when his music was condemned in the infamous Zhdanov decree
of 1948. And in a rare interview, published in Tempo in 1995, she revealed that
he had proposed marriage in the mid-1950s, an advance she seems to have
unceremoniously rebuffed:

Then, as now, I determinedly rejected his music, and unfortunately his
personality only intensified this negative attitude . . . One thing remains as
clear as day: a seemingly eminent figure such as Shostakovich, to me, is not
eminent at all, on the contrary he burdened my life and killed my best
feelings.

That attitude is perhaps less illustrative of the relations between them than of
the absolutist streak that was now becoming evident in her music. Her early
works do indeed show the influence of Shostakovich (as in the neoclassical
Piano Concerto of 1946), but she digested it swiftly. Of course, every composer
wishing to eat in the Soviet Union had to come to some accommodation with the
state, and there are a fair number of works which blithely follow the precepts
of socialist realism: chiefly occasional cantatas - Stepan Razin's Dream
(1948), Hail, Youth! (1950), Dawn over the Homeland (1952), The Man from the
High Mountain (1952), Song of Praise (1961) - and symphonic poems, among them
Young Pioneers (1950), Children's Suite (1955), The Hero's Exploit (1957),
Sports (1958), and Fire on the Steppes (1958). She also composed a number of
film scores and some songs.

But many of these works she rejected, going as far as to destroy the scores.
Shostakovich retained his self-esteem by telling the authorities what they
wanted to hear but threading secret messages through his music. Ustvolskaya
took an altogether more radical path. Her Violin Sonata of 1952 was tolerated
as an early example of Soviet modernism; the music she now produced -
explicitly religious in intent - would never have reached any kind of currency
in the Soviet Union, and only a handful of her socialist realist works were
recorded. Since she was never explicitly a member of the avant-garde, she was
criticised instead for "narrowness" and "obstinacy". Her true music became, in
essence, a form of ritual, one which had little need of the outside world.

Shorn of the compromises she repudiated, Ustvolskaya's catalogue of works is
small: five "symphonies" between 1955 and 1990, all with voices singing or
reciting religious texts and the later two scored not for orchestra but for
unusual chamber combinations; six piano sonatas and twelve preludes between
1947 and 1988; a clarinet trio of 1949 (the work which she said initiated the
spiritual dimension in her music, and which Shostakovich quoted in his own
Fifth String Quartet and his late Suite on Verses by Michelangelo); and a
handful of chamber works (a term she rejected) often simply called Composition.
The scoring of these works could be eccentric: Composition No 1 (1970-71),
subtitled "Dona nobis pacem", is written for piccolo, tuba and piano, No 2
(1972-73), "Dies irae", for eight double-basses, piano and a wooden box, and No
3 (1974-75), "Benedictus, qui venit", for four flutes, four bassoons and
piano.

With these unusual combinations of timbre came extremes of register (her dynamic
markings range from ppppp to ffffff), abrupt shifts in texture and mood, from a
motionless contemplation focused on a single note or hypnotically rocking
semi-tonal oscillation to violent and dense outbursts of rage. Ian MacDonald
wrote of the "pounding masculinity" of her music; it was allied with an almost
maniacal religious intensity.

Western awareness of Ustvolskaya began to awaken in the early 1990s, and her
work began to appear in concert programmes. International fame made no
difference to her: she continued to live in the same small St Petersburg
apartment and travelled abroad only once, to Amsterdam in 1995. She disliked
being pigeonholed as a woman composer ("We should only play music that is
genuine and strong. If we are honest about it, a performance in a concert by
women composers is a humiliation for the music") and discouraged performances
of her works by female musicians.

She recognised that what she was doing was sui generis: "There is no link
whatsoever between my music and that of any other composer, living or dead" -
but there was no hubris in that remark, just a realisation of the utterly
individual path she had trod.

Martin Anderson

 

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From kkwon at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Thu Dec 28 07:16:42 2006
From: kkwon at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Kyongjoon Kwon)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:16:42 -0500
Subject: Novgorod in Focus at AAASS, 2007
In-Reply-To: <45750B70.6060607@uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.DEC.2006.021642.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Daniela,

I haven't contacted with you for a while since you're there and I'm here.. I'm
really glad that you came up with this brillaint idea, actually,, put the idea
into practice.. I remember that we talked about this kind of paneling.. I hope,
rather believe that there are many particpants in the panels in line :-) And I'd
like to my two cents in it, as well... I hope I'm not too late..

The proposal is titled "Diathesis alternation in Old Novgorod dialect". I'm
going to study the argument structures of variosu types of verbs (transitive,
intransitive, ditransitiv, reflexive, etc) and their formation/derivation in
Old Novgorod dialect and compare them with East Slavic, if possible. The study
with this title has been in my future work list and not quite studied yet..
which means it is really tentative one, vulnerable to change.. :-) But I'll try
to keep its backbone,,, verbs, argument structures, formation.., etc..

Could you forward me the list of participating scholars in your panel(s), when
it is ready? That way, I may get some help from them in the future..

I hope you are having a fantastic break with a good rest.. Happy new year!

Joon

Quoting "Daniela S. Hristova" <dhristov at UCHICAGO.EDU>:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The purpose of this note is to draw your attention to an idea about
> organizing a couple of panels on the topic of *Medieval Novgorod* for
> the 2007 AAASS in New Orleans. Borrowing the title from the late H.
> Birnbaum's book on the subject, I tentatively call the panel(s)
> "Novgorod in Focus." The proposal is to have two or three panels that
> look at different aspects – linguistic, historical, political, social,
> cultural, etc. of this medieval society. If scheduled sequentially and
> possibly on the same day and at the same location, the panels will
> resemble a mini-conference on the subject, something many of you with
> whom I had shared the idea found stimulating.
>
> If you are interested in participating, please send a title and a
> sentence or two description of your talk at your earliest convenience to
> Daniela S. Hristova, dhristov at uchicago.edu. In addition, I would
> appreciate any and all suggestions of scholars working on the subject
> that I might not be aware of or any other suggestions how to make the
> idea work better.
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From kjanicka at BRYNMAWR.EDU  Thu Dec 28 17:06:40 2006
From: kjanicka at BRYNMAWR.EDU (Katie Janicka)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:06:40 -0500
Subject: AATSEEL 2006: Language coordinator meeting
In-Reply-To: <C1B063F0.1258A%jeffhold@indiana.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.DEC.2006.120640.0500.>

Hi Jeff,

My name is Katie Janicka and I am academic director of Russian Language
Institute, an intensive summer program at Bryn Mawr College. I would like
to attend the meeting.

Regards,
Katie

******************
Katie Janicka
Russian Department
Bryn Mawr College
******************

On Thu, December 21, 2006 4:16 pm, Jeff Holdeman said:
> Dear coordinators of Slavic languages who will be attending AATSEEL,
>
> There will be an annual meeting of the coordinators of Slavic languages at
> the 2006 AATSEEL convention.  We are listed in the conference program as
> meeting on Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, 12:15-1:30 pm.  I have reserved a large
> table at the hotel restaurant (Keatings River Grill, at the lobby level)
> under the name Holdeman.  If you know that you will be attending or if you
> will be unable to attend but would like to make sure that I have your
> contact information, please e-mail me *off-list* (jeffhold at indiana.edu).
>
> I look forward to seeing you all there!
>
> Jeff
>
> Dr. Jeffrey D. Holdeman
> Slavic Language Coordinator
> Indiana University
> jeffhold at indiana.edu
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From okagan at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU  Thu Dec 28 19:43:31 2006
From: okagan at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU (Kagan, Olga)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:43:31 -0800
Subject: R: SEELANGS Digest - 22 Dec 2006 to 23 Dec 2006 (#2006-425)
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Topics of the day:

  1. Library job

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Date:    Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:59:20 -0800
From:    luba khramtsova <lkhramtsova at YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Library job

Dear Prof.Gribble,
  My name is Luba,I am Russian ,and I'd like to apply  for this position(I have worked at OSU Enarson Hall for 1.5 years),but I don,t know Polish. Is it the main obstacle?
  Best wishes,
  Luba Khramtsova

Charles Gribble <gribble.3 at OSU.EDU> wrote:
  Posting at the request of The Ohio State University:

EES and HC/RS Civil Service Position:

Working with East European and Slavic Studies and History of Christianity
and Religious Studies Subject Specialist in day-to-day operations to assist
in managing and maintaining the East European and Slavic Studies and
History of Christianity and Religious Studies Collections within OSU
Libraries.

Follows established priorities related to collections in East European and
Slavic Studies, History of Christianity and Religious Studies Collections.
Performs daily tasks in coordination with the EES and HC/RS Subject
Specialist, such as Approval Plans, Firm Orders, Gifts and Exchanges,
Fragile and Rare materials, Collection Maintenance, Public Services and
other duties as assigned.

Experience Required:

Strong reading and writing knowledge of Polish; demonstrated ability to
communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing and evidence
of complex decision-making and problem solving skills. Highly desirable
good reading knowledge of another Western Slavic language (Czech and
Slovak); Previous Library Experience, Familiarity with Library of Congress
transliteration for Cyrillic alphabets; Web-design knowledge; basic office
skills.

Contact Person/Supervisor

Miroljub Ruzic

5711H Ackerman Library

ruzic.2 at osu.edu
(614)292-8959


Charles E. Gribble
Professor of Slavic Languages
The Ohio State University, Columbus
1775 College Rd., Room 400
Columbus OH 43210-1340
e-mail: gribble.3 at osu.edu
Tel. 614-292-6733

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From ihelfant at MAIL.COLGATE.EDU  Thu Dec 28 20:47:14 2006
From: ihelfant at MAIL.COLGATE.EDU (=?windows-1251?Q?Ian_Helfant?=)
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:47:14 -0500
Subject: TWO-YEAR POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN RUSSIAN AT COLGATE UNIVERSITY
Message-ID: <THU.28.DEC.2006.154714.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Two-year Postdoctoral Position in Russian

The Department of Russian at Colgate University seeks a dynamic scholar 
and teacher for a two-year postdoctoral position. Applicants should have 
received their Ph.D. in Russian language and literature within the last 5 
years.  The successful candidate will teach 3 courses per year.  These 
will include Russian language up to the third-year level and a Russian 
civilization course within our Core curriculum.  Please send letter of 
application, C.V., samples of scholarly writing in your research area and 
three letters of recommendation to: Ian Helfant, Chair, Search Committee, 
Department of Russian, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, N.Y. 
13346.  Review of applications will begin Jan 20.  Colgate University is 
an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.  Developing and 
sustaining a diverse faculty and staff furthers the University’s 
educational mission.

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From HumanResources at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Fri Dec 29 20:40:49 2006
From: HumanResources at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (HumanResources HumanResources)
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:40:49 -0500
Subject: "DISC: Position Available at American Councils"
Message-ID: <FRI.29.DEC.2006.154049.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello,

Please see the following information regarding a available position in Washington, DC.

Position: Program Assistant
Program/Dept: Inbound Placement Programs
Hours: Full-time
Location: Washington, DC
Position Available: April 2007

American Councils for International Education:ACTR/ACCELS

Program Assistant Inbound Placement Programs:  FLEX, YES-Afghanistan, A-SMYLE
Washington, DC
FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt

Position Description 
SUMMARY:
American Councils’ Office of Secondary School Programs administers inbound exchange programs (FLEX, YES-Afghanistan, A-SMYLE) for secondary school students from the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Serbia, and Montenegro in the United States.  The Program Assistant, an entry-level position, assists the Program Manager in administering placement for these programs. Within these programs, the Program Assistant helps in placing and monitoring approximately 80 students living with host families in the U.S. The Program Assistant also helps to train local coordinators and tracks and approves money allocated for enhancement activities and incidentals expenditures.  The position responsibilities necessitate that some work be performed during non-business hours (e.g. evenings and weekends).  The Program Assistant reports to the Program Manager.  The Program Assistant will assist the Program Manager with her/his responsibilities for secondary school in-bound programs as needed.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
·Recruiting and training local coordinators to act as representatives of the FLEX, A-SMYLE and YES-Afghanistan program in their communities, and to facilitate coordinators placing students; maintaining contact and providing support during the students’ stay in the U.S.
·Collecting monthly reports from coordinators and students; assisting in preparing quarterly reports for funding organizations.
·Being responsible for handling administrative duties related to all inbound programs, such as keeping records and processing stipends and reimbursements; mailing documents; photocopying and faxing; file storage.
·Assisting the Program Manager with student on-program support issues.
·Assisting the Program Manager in organizing and executing coordinator training and re-entry cultural orientation programs and workshops.
·Assisting with program publicity.
·Making domestic travel arrangements and conference arrangements for inbound participants and coordinators.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
·Experience with educational programs in the U.S.; experience in American education (teaching, coaching, etc.) and/or in foreign student placement desired.
·Native or near-native English, and low-intermediate-level or higher proficiency in spoken and written Russian; desired candidate will have high-intermediate-level + proficiency.
·Familiarity with a minimum of one culture of the former Soviet Union or Central Asia.
·Study abroad experience in Eastern Europe/Eurasia.
·Demonstrated communication, administrative, clerical and organizational skills;.
·Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g. language, education, area studies etc.) required. 
·Computer skills (e-mail, Microsoft Excel, Word, Access) also required.

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Fri Dec 29 22:26:12 2006
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:26:12 +0000
Subject: da khoroshen�ko ee v sheyu.  (Another question about Kap dochka)
Message-ID: <FRI.29.DEC.2006.222612.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear all,

Гей!  малой!  Да  что ж  сюда  не  ведут
кумушку-то  Пугачева? или она упрямится? Сказать  ей,  чтоб  она не боялась:
барин-де прекрасный; ничем не обидит, да хорошенько ее в шею".

Da chto zh syuda ne vedut kumushku-to Pugachova? ili ona upryamitsya?
Skazat’ ei, chob ona ne boyalas’: barin-de prekrasny; nichem ne obidit, da
khoroshen’ko ee v sheyu.

The speaker is Zurin, most likely a bit drunk.  He is addressing an ordinary
soldier, asking why the woman he wrongly imagines to be a kumushka of
Pugachov’s has not been brought in to see him. What exactly do the last 5
words mean?  Obviously some level of physical violence is intended, but how
much?  Is it simply that Zurin wants the soldier simply to give the girl a
push that will send her flying into the room where he and his mates are? Or
is he telling the soldier to beat her up a bit?

Best Wishes to all,

Robert

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From olgaklim at MAIL.RU  Sun Dec 31 02:40:57 2006
From: olgaklim at MAIL.RU (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Olga_Klimova?=)
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:40:57 -0500
Subject: Soviet /Russian youth culture panel -- AAASS 2007
Message-ID: <SAT.30.DEC.2006.214057.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello all:

I am interested in organizing a panel with a preliminary title "Responding
to Ideology: Soviet Youth Culture" for the 2007 AAASS Convention.  This
panel may include presentation on any elements of Soviet/Russian youth
culture and their relations with the ruling ideology. The topic of my
presentation will be on young filmmakers of the 1970s-early 1980s and the
teen film genre.

If you are interested in presenting in this panel or being a discussant,
please, send me asap a short abstract of your paper and/or your contact info.

Thanks a lot!

Sincerely,

Olga Klimova

vok1 at pitt.edu
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures,
University of Pittsburgh

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From eric.laursen at M.CC.UTAH.EDU  Sun Dec 31 20:26:51 2006
From: eric.laursen at M.CC.UTAH.EDU (eric r laursen)
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:26:51 -0700
Subject: AAASS Panel on Fantastic
Message-ID: <SUN.31.DEC.2006.132651.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I would like to organize a panel on the Fantastic (in literature and/or film) for AAASS 2007.   If you are interested in presenting a paper or serving as chair or discussant, please let me know as soon as possible (the deadline for submitting the panel is Jan. 12).  --Eric Laursen

Eric Laursen
Associate Professor
Department of Languages and Literature
University of Utah

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From hokanson at UOREGON.EDU  Sun Dec 31 22:27:51 2006
From: hokanson at UOREGON.EDU (Katya Hokanson)
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:27:51 -0800
Subject: Panel Proposal for AAASS 2007
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Dear SEELANGtsy,

I have been working on Pushkin's anti-Polish poems of 1831 and 
wondering if anyone would like to join with me in a panel at the 2007 
AAASS on similar "unacceptable" or unaccepted works by other writers 
that tend to be ignored, swept under the rug or explained away rather 
than brought into the open and looked at carefully.

Please contact me at hokanson at uoregon.edu if you are interested in 
participating.

Thanks!

Katya Hokanson
University of Oregon

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From a_strat at KHARKOV.COM  Sun Dec 31 21:54:59 2006
From: a_strat at KHARKOV.COM (Alex)
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:54:59 +0200
Subject: AAASS Panel on Fantastic
Message-ID: <SUN.31.DEC.2006.235459.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello, Eric

Any "Fantastic"? Science fiction too?

Alex S


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Subject: [SEELANGS] AAASS Panel on Fantastic


I would like to organize a panel on the Fantastic (in literature and/or
film) for AAASS 2007.   If you are interested in presenting a paper or
serving as chair or discussant, please let me know as soon as possible (the
deadline for submitting the panel is Jan. 12).  --Eric Laursen

Eric Laursen
Associate Professor
Department of Languages and Literature
University of Utah

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